The United States men’s national team continued trudging through the non-World Cup wilderness on Tuesday with its interim head coach and its rotating cast of young, unproven players managing a 1-0 victory in an exhibition against Paraguay.
In the Americans’ third game since the October loss to Trinidad and Tobago that prevented them from qualifying for the World Cup, they deployed a starting lineup that included nine players age 25 or younger, one of which was making his first appearance with the national team — 22-year-old Marky Delgado of Toronto F.C.
Delgado helped provide the highlight of the night for the U.