The scorecard will read that the U.S. advanced 9-0 on aggregate goals, but this hides the fact that the U.S.'s Chicago-style line-up could only muster a lackluster 1-0 win over the island minnows of Barbados.
Sure, seven players broke their national team cherries, but with one (maybe two) exceptions, the U.S. shouldn't call them back for a second date. Plus, the lone goal came from the aged foot of Eddie Lewis, a player who should have been left home in 2006, forget about 2010. The single goal did highlight one of the bright spots of this team -- Freddy Adu. It was his run and through ball that allowed Eddie to clumsily knock it past Barbados' inept keeper Alvin Rouse.
A few other bright spots from today: Danny Szetela played, while Carlos Bocanegra and Oguchi Onyewu did not (why risk an injury to either in a meaningless game).
MATCH REPORT
| TEAM | 1st half | 2nd half | Final |
| USA | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| BRB | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scoring:
USA – Lewis (Adu) 21.
Misconduct Summary:
none? (why don't you hit somebody?)
Lineups:
USA: 18-Brad Guzan; 6-Drew Moor, 15-Jay DeMerit, 2-Danny Califf, 11-Heath Pearce; 10-Sacha Kljestan, 12-Michael Bradley, 8-Danny Szetela (14-Chris Rolfe, 66), 7-Eddie Lewis (capt.); 16-Freddy Adu (13-Chad Barrett, 86), 17-DaMarcus Beasley (12-John Thorrington, 79)
BRB: 1-Alvin Rouse, 5-Bryan Neblett, 6-Jonathan Straker, 7-Paul Ifill (capt.), 9-Marc McCammon, 11-Jonathan Nurse (12-Malcolm Marshall, 81), 13-Riviere Williams (8-Rondell Vaughan, 68), 14-Ramuel Miller, 15-Emerson Boyce, 16-Barry Skeete, 17-John Parris
| STATS | USA | BRB |
| Shots | 9 | 3 |
| Shots OG | 1 | 0 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Corners | 2 | 3 |
| Fouls | 11 | 7 |
| Offside | 5 | 4 |
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