U.S. 1, Guatemala 0

The U.S. escaped with a win in the opening match of the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Thursday night. Clint Dempsey scored on a low cross from Taylor Twellman in the 26th minute for the game's only goal. Our Yanks played well in the first half and then appeared to switch jerseys with Carson Community College for the second. But even with poor officiating, Gooch's red card in the 73rd and some rather strange substitutions (Eddie Johnson for Clint Dempsey?), the US holds on. Not pretty, but a win is a win.

USA line-up
1-Tim Howard; 2- Frankie Hejduk, 22-Oguchi Onyewu, 3-Carlos Bocanegra (capt.), 13-Jonathan Bornstein; 6-Michael Bradley, 5-Benny Feilhaber (12-Jay DeMerit, 81), 10-Landon Donovan, 7-DaMarcus Beasley; 20-Taylor Twellman (14-Steve Ralston, 71), 8-Clint Dempsey (9-Eddie Johnson, 61)

Subs not used: 4-Jonathan Spector, 11-Brian Ching, 18-Kasey Keller, 19-Ricardo Clark
Head Coach: Bob Bradley

U.S. bookings:
USA – Frankie Hejduk (caution) 42
USA – Oguchi Onyewu (caution) 56
USA – Oguchi Onyewu (caution) 73
USA – Oguchi Onyewu (ejection) 73
USA – Carlos Bocanegra (caution) 77

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