This article misidentified the Cuban goalkeeper. He was Odelin Molina, not Silvio Miñoso.
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U.S., Bradley Enjoy an Easy Night
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Cuba went short-handed when Colomé received his second yellow card for a wild challenge on the motoring Donovan. Cuba protested, but Panamanian referee Roberto Salazar was left with no choice. Colomé wiped his eyes as he was escorted from the field.
"We knew that we had a little letdown after we scored the second goal, but we still felt we had done a lot of good things and felt strongly coming out in the second half, reestablishing control," Bradley said.
The Americans needed just 2 ½ minutes to stretch the lead as a crisp combination culminated with Donovan tapping in Heath Pearce's left-side cross, extending his program goals record to 37 and securing the result.
With Cuba's spirit broken, the United States practiced its possession game the remainder of the match and, under Donovan's direction, pummeled the visitors with unrelenting pressure. The fourth goal came off Beasley's free kick, which Kljestan headed from an angle past Molina. The ball was heading toward the net, but Ching's momentum took him into its path for a header at the edge of the goal line and his ninth career goal.
All that truly remained was Torres's debut, making him off-limits to archrival Mexico, and the first appearance at RFK by Adu since being traded by D.C. United almost two years ago.
Just for good measure, there also was an 87th-minute goal by 18-year-old Jozy Altidore and a header by Onyewu on Adu's cross for his fifth U.S. goal.
"At halftime, we felt it was important not to get ahead of ourselves," Onyewu said. "We had to stay organized, which we did, and we knew that the goals would come, that we would eventually break them down and play around them and get good chances."
U.S. Notes: Defenders Jay DeMerit and Michael Orozco, midfielders Danny Szetela, forward Charlie Davies and goalie Troy Perkins were not included on the 18-man, game-day roster. All except DeMerit (hamstring) are expected to travel to Trinidad and Tobago for Wednesday's match.
