Too easy: U.S. smoke Cubans (again)

After a subpar couple of national team matches, DMB came to play versus Cuba in our nation's capital, scoring two first-half goals against the ill-matched Cubans before a whole cast of Americans got into the action. Final score U.S. 6, Cuba 1. Take that, Castro!

Landon Donovan, Brian Ching, Jozy Altidore and Oguchi Onyewu all made the scorers' sheet before it was said and done.

DMB on whether the team is more dominant against teams from the region, especially at home:
“I think so, but at the same time you want to be tough at home, whether it is qualifying or a friendly. Over the years that I have been here, we have always had strong performances at home, and our fans are great. We want to keep that streak alive."

The win clinches a berth for the U.S. in the Final Round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying. Here's a recap of USA v. Cuba.

TYH's Patriot of the Pitch©: DaMarcus Beasley

MATCH REPORT

TEAM	1st half	2nd half	Final
USA	2	4	6
CUB	1	0	1

Scoring:
USA – DaMarcus Beasley (Sacha Kljestan) 10th minute
USA – DaMarcus Beasley (Landon Donovan) 30.
CUB – Jenzy Muñoz (unassisted) 32.
USA – Landon Donovan (Heath Pearce) 48.
USA – Brian Ching (Sacha Kljestan) 63.
USA – Jozy Altidore (Clint Dempsey) 87.
USA – Oguchi Onyewu (Freddy Adu) 90.

Lineups:
USA: 1-Tim Howard; 6-Steve Cherundolo, 5-Oguchi Onyewu, 3-Carlos Bocanegra (capt.),15-Heath Pearce (4-José Torres, 68); 12-Michael Bradley 16-Sacha Kljestan (17- Freddy Adu, 76); 8-Clint Dempsey, 10-Landon Donovan; 11-Brian Ching (9-Jozy Altidore, 68)

CUB: 12-Odelín Molina; 6-Yoel Colomé, 16-Reysander Fernández, 3-Yeniel Márquez, 2-Silvio Miñoso; 14-Jaime Colomé (8-Alianas Urgelles, 72), 5-José Luis Clavelo (capt.), 7-Luis Villegas (13-Carlos Domingo, 46), 9-Alain Cervantes, 11-Jenzy Muñoz (10-Mario Ruiz, 80), 15-Leonel Duarte

Misconduct Summary:
CUB – Yoel Colomé (caution) 21st minute.
CUB – Yoel Colomé (caution) 41.
CUB – Yoel Colomé (sent off) 41.
CUB – Reysander Fernández (caution) 62.
USA – Michael Bradley (caution) 90+

STATS	USA	CUB
Shots	18	4
Shots OG	13	2
Saves	1	6
Corners	9	1
Fouls	11	9
Offside	3	3