DaMarcus Beasley’s last-minute ejection brought an unhappy ending to a day that saw the USA draw 0-0 with Uruguay and advance to the semifinals of the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg. Beasley and Uruguay’s Jorge Reyna exchanged shoves in extra time and were both red-carded by referee Carlos Batres. After Batres whistled Uruguay for a foul, Mauro Basualdo picked up the ball and was walking away from the spot of the foul. Beasley made an effort to take the ball away from Basualdo, and then Reyna grabbed him from behind. The two got tangled up and Reyna appeared to have a grasp of Beasley’s jersey as the U.S. midfielder threw his hands into the air. When the fracas settled down, Batres wasted no time in reaching for his red card. After the game, Beasley maintained that the team’s focus is still on winning the gold. “Now, going into the semifinals, we have a chance to show everyone we can still play,” Beasley said. “Our main goal is definitely to still try to win the gold medal.” The road to the gold will be much more difficult without Beasley, who will be suspended for at least one game. Prior to his ejection, Beasley was the only U.S. player to start and play every minute of every game. The USA-Uruguay game itself was a back-and-forth affair that saw neither team produce any brilliant scoring opportunities. U.S. goalkeeper Adin Brown had little to do as he recorded his first shutout of the tournament. The U.S. had a wonderful opportunity to go ahead in the 15th minute, when Pete Vagenas played a ball into the box that Michael Preis dummied and allowed Conor Casey a one-on-one with the keeper from an angle on the left side of the box. But Casey’s shot went wide right. Sasha Victorine had a chance of his own in the 32nd minute, but the UCLA midfielder’s header from a Steve Shak cross went over the bar. Victorine had another opportunity in the 49th minute, when he did well to create space for himself in the box, but his shot was straight at the Uruguayan keeper. The U.S. had found out earlier in the day that it had advanced to the semifinals by virtue of Honduras’ 2-1 victory over Jamaica. The Americans are set to face Mexico in one semifinal on Aug. 4, while Canada and Honduras will square off in the other semifinal on Aug. 3. July 31 in Winnipeg, Man. USA 0 Uruguay 0. USA — Brown, Akwari, Whitfield, Gibbs, Shak, Winters (Bocanegra, 46), Vagenas, Beasley, Victorine, Preis (Donovan, 46), Casey (Twellman, 63). Uruguay — Gongora, Maseda (Reyna, 77), Suhr Bone, Basualdo, Daghero, Albin, Muniz, Garcia (Airala, 77), Perez, Rodriguez, Hernandez. Red cards: USA — Beasley 90; Uruguay — Albin 50, Reyna 90. Att.: n/a.
Pan Am Games Scoreboard
FINAL GROUP A STANDINGS | TEAM | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| *Mexico | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| *Canada | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| T&T | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
*-advances to semifinals.
July 24 — Canada 1 Costa Rica 1, Mexico 2 Trinidad & Tobago 1.
July 26 — Canada 2 Trinidad & Tobago 0, Mexico 3 Guatemala 1.
July 28 — Canada 2 Guatemala 1, Costa Rica 2 Trinidad & Tobago 1.
July 30 — Guatemala 2 Trinidad & Tobago 0, Mexico 2 Costa Rica 2.
Aug. 1 — Guatemala 0 Costa Rica 0, Canada 0 Mexico 0.
FINAL GROUP B STANDINGS | *Honduras | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 12 |
| *USA | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Jamaica | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
*-advances to semifinals.
July 23 — USA 1 Cuba 0, Jamaica 2 Uruguay 0.
July 25 — Honduras 2 USA 1, Cuba 3 Uruguay 1.
July 27 — Honduras 4 Uruguay 1, Jamaica 2 Cuba 0.
July 29 — Honduras 2 Cuba 0, USA 2 Jamaica 1.
July 31 — Honduras 2 Jamaica 1, USA 0 Uruguay 0.
Semifinals
Aug. 3 — Canada vs. Honduras.
Aug. 4 — USA vs. Mexico.
