(AP) — In the fog at Stozice Stadium, the U.S. offense became visible for the first time since Jurgen Klinsmann became coach.

On a night when the Americans celebrated captain Carlos Bocanegra’s 100th international appearance, Edson Buddle, Clint Dempsey and Jozy Altidore all scored Tuesday to give the United States a 3-2 victory over Slovenia in Ljubljana.

“We have a three-month break until our next game, so to get the win tonight was the biggest thing for us,” said Bocanegra, who became the 12th American to reach the century mark. “It wasn’t the prettiest game we’ve played, but the result was what we were looking for.”

The Americans had been outscored 5-2 in going 1-4-1 since Klinsmann replaced Bob Bradley in late July, and they had been 0-5 in Europe since a March 2008 victory at Poland.

Klinsmann switched to a 4-4-2 formation, starting two true forwards for the first time in his seven matches. The change led to far more scoring chances on a 36-degree night with fog coming off the Alps.

“That’s the first time that I have ever played in a game with that much fog,” Dempsey said. “You couldn’t really see from one end of the pitch to the other.”

“With the lights and the fog, it makes it a little difficult to read balls,” American goalkeeper Tim Howard said.