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The Canadian men's national team's Gold Cup began with a goal conceded due to shaky goalkeeping, and it ended the same way.

Goalkeeper Milan Borjan couldn't control Blas Perez' rebound attempt on the goal line, and Luis Tejada got the final touch to score in the waning moments of the clubs' Group C finale, which ended in a 1-1 draw at Livestrong Sporting Park.

Well, thank God we rested our starters against Spain. I don't know what would have happened otherwise.
Canada was waiting four years for that? All that righteous indignation, for nothing. I wonder why they didn't call up Dwayne De Rosario.
Anyway, now that the tournament has started, it's important to remember that group games mean nothing outside of (1) results and (2) making sure no one gets injured.

Do we have Benjamin Massey on suicide watch? His Eighty-Six Forever blog hasn't been updated since before the USMNT played Canada in the Gold Cup.

You could understand him being a little down, along with every other sports fan in Vansterdam. In the finals of the Official Sport of Canada™, the Canucks were crushed by the Boston Bruins 8-1 to make it a series and threaten to continue a streak that hasn't seen a Stanley Cup champion from the country that invented the game since 1993.

Fifteen minutes. That is all it took for the U.S. Men's National Team to turn Saturday's embarrassment at the hands of Spain into nothing more than a bump in the road during an international friendly.

When Jozy Altidore found the back of the net 15 minutes into the Americans' game against Canada in Tuesday night's opening match of group play in the Gold Cup, everything that happened on the field against Spain was forgotten.

The U.S. rebounded from its terrible display against Spain at the weekend to beat Canada 2-0 in their opening Gold Cup match. Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey were the U.S. goal scorers.

The U.S. pressured Canada from the start as Bradley and Jones dominated the center of the pitch. So it was no surprise when the U.

Ford Field, the home of the Detroit Lions was a cesspool of lumpy divots which caused the ball to slow down considerably or take an awkward bounce. The stadium's surface is an artificial turf over which was carpeted over by bales of natural grass for the Gold Cup. The field was partly responsible for a match that was never free flowing.

Altidore proves he belongs.The United States got back on track and opened group play with a 2-0 win over Canada. The USA got to work immediately controlling the game versus Canada and pinning their northern neighbors in their own end. Credit Bob Bradley for employing simple, attacking tactics that were absent in recent matches for the Americans.

Jozy Altidore scored one U.S. goal and assisted on another as the U.S. Men's National Team defeated Canada 2-0 at Ford Field in Detroit, Mich. The win propels the U.S. to first in CONCACAF Gold Cup Group C after their first match.

Clint Dempsey scored his 20th international goal on Tuesday.

Jozy Altidore, from in.com

In the months since the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Jozy Altidore has been a source of much frustration for United States men's soccer fans. Tonight he showed America why his Coach Bob Bradley continues to have faith in him. Altidore notched a goal and set up another as the United States overwhelmed Canada 2-0 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan to open the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

I have mixed feelings on the eve of the United States' opening match of the 2011 Gold Cup. Everything that I was afraid of happening in the Spain match (except injuries) happened, and now Bob Bradley's team has U.S. fans nervous and somewhat pessimistic the day before they face the 76th ranked country in the world, according to FIFA and Coca-Cola.

All 12 rosters for the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup have been released and there is plenty of star power set to be on display in the United States this summer.

Manchester United star Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez headlines the list of players who the United States will be trying to beat for the Gold Cup trophy.

CANADA
1 Lars Hirschfeld 10/17/78 GK2 Nikolas Ledgerwood 01/16/85 DF3 Michael Klukowski 05/27/81 DF4 Kevin McKenna 01/21/80 DF5 Andre Hainault 06/17/86 DF6 Julian de Guzman 03/25/81 MD7 Terence Dunfield 02/20/82 MD8 William Johnson 01/21/87 MD9 Robert Friend 01/23/81 AT10 Ali Gerba 04/09/81 AT11 Joshua Simpson 05/15/83 MD12 Pedro Pacheco Melo 06/27/84 MD13 Atiba Hutchinson 02/08/83 MD14 Dwayne de Rosario 05/15/78 MD15 Dejan Jakovic 07/16/85 DF16 Tosaint Ricketts 08/06/87 MD17 Simeon Jackson 03/28/87 MD18 Milan Borjan 10/23/87 GK19 Marcel de Jong 10/15/86 DF20 Jaime Peters 05/04/87 DF21 Jonathan Beaulieu-Bourgault 09/27/88 MD22 Haidar Al-Shaibani 03/31/84 GK23 Issey Nakajima-Farran 05/16/84 MDManager Stephen Hart
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CANADA GK: Lars Hirschfeld (Valerenga/NOR) , Milan Borjan (SK Rad/SVK), Haidar Al-Shaibani (Nimes Olympique/FRA) DEF: Nikolas Ledgerwood (SV Wehen Wiesbaden/GER), Michael Klukowski (Ankaragücü/TUR), Kevin McKenna (Koln/GER), Andre Hainault (Houston Dynamo/USA), , Terence Dunfield (Vancouver Whitecaps), Will Johnson (Real Salt Lake/USA), Dejan Jakovic (D.