The U.S. men's national team suffered an embarrassing 5-1 loss to Colombia on Saturday in its first friendly match before the 2024 Copa América.
It's admirable that the U.S. men's national team wanted to schedule a pair of world soccer heavyweights to prepare for this summer's Copa América on home soil. The risk, of course, was getting embarrassed in the process. That's exactly how Saturday's 5-1 loss to Colombia in the Americans' first pre-Copa tuneup match played out. In front of a large, mostly pro-Cafeteros crowd in Landover, Maryland, the visitors took an early lead and never really looked back.
Santos Borré' leaped into the air and executed a close-range bicycle kick that left Turner little time to react: Turning point Arias's opener set the tone early when he pounced on an attempted Antonee Robinson clearance, danced past Robinson's Fulham teammate Tim Ream and beat Turner at his near post. It was the worst possible start for the U.S.
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