60-minute men: U.S. lose again

The U.S. national team lost their second match of the Copa America, as Bradley's cast of not-ready-for-primetime players were beaten 3-1 by Paraguay. The U.S.'s lone goal came from the boot of Ricardo Clark in the 42nd minute.

Edgar Barreto put Paraguay on top in the 31st minute. As they did against Argentina, the U.S. entered halftime tied 1-1, but Paraguay went ahead in the 58th minute thanks to Oscar Cardoza. The U.S. had several chances to equalize. In the 77nd minute, Justin Mapp found himself closing in on goal up the left side, but chose, inexpicably to shoot on goal instead of crossing to a poorly marked Eddie Johnson at the far post. Ricardo Clark nearly got his second of the night from distance, but Paraguay keeper Aldo Bobadilla did well to push Clark's shot over the bar with a diving save.

The U.S. was later eliminated from the competition, as Argentina beat Columbia, 4-2. Argentina and Paraguay will advance, no matter result of the USA's final match of the group phase versus Columbia on July 5.

Scoring Summary
PAR – Edgar Barreto (Oscar Cardozo) 30.
USA – Ricardo Clark (Taylor Twellman) 40.
PAR – Oscar Cardozo (unassisted) 56.
PAR – Salvador Cabanas (unassisted) 92+.

Lineups:
USA: 18-Kasey Keller (capt.); 15-Drew Moor, 3-Jay DeMerit (7-Dan Califf, 65), 12-Jimmy Conrad, 13-Jonathan Bornstein; 5-Benny Feilhaber, 19-Ricardo Clark, 14-Ben Olsen (21-Justin Mapp, 71), 16-Sacha Kljestan (25-Lee Nguyen, 80); 20-Taylor Twellm an, 9-Eddie Johnson

Subs not used: 2-Marvell Wynne, 4-Bobby Boswell, 6-Heath Pearce, 8-Herculez Gomez, 10-Charlie Davies, 11-Eddie Gaven, 17-Kyle Beckerman, 23-Brad Guzan

PAR: 1-Justo Villar (capt.) (22-Aldo Bobadilla-56); 2-Darío Veron, 5-Julio César Caceres, 14-Paulo da Silva, 3-Claudio Morel Rodriguez; 6-Carlos Bonet, 8-Edgar Barreto, 16-Cristian Riveros, 19-Jonathan Santana (20-Enrique Vera, 77); 18-Oscar Cardozo (7-Salvador Cabanas, 73), 9-Roque Santa Cruz

Subs not used: 4-Julio Manzur, 10-Julio dos Santos, 11-Aureliano Torres, 12-Joel Zayas, 13-Jose Salcedo, 15-Edgar Gonzalez, 17-Dante Lopez, 21-Nelson Cuevas

Misconduct Summary:
USA – Benny Feilhaber (caution) 62.
PAR – Cristian Riveros (caution) 77.

Patriot of the Pitch© : Ricardo Clark.