Two days after they beat Italy, 2-1, at the Toulon Festival, the U.S. U-20s were brought back to earth by Colombia, which convincingly beat the Americans, 3-1, Saturday. Colombia, the defending Toulon Festival champion, held an early 2-0 lead until Alecko EskandarianÆs 45th minute goal. It recaptureda a two-goal margin in 60th minute. The Americans finish opening-round group play with a match on Monday (May 28) against the Netherlands, which will be broadcast live at 1 pm ET/10 am PT on Fox Sports World/Espanol. 29th Festival International Espoirs de Toulon COLOMBIA 3 USA 1 May 26 in Le Pontet, France Attendance: 300 Scoring Summary COL — Chara (Aldo Ramirez) 20th minute. COL — Nestor Cuadros 29. USA — Alecko Eskandarian (Oguchi Onyewu) 45. COL — Aldo Ramirez (Lopez) 60. Lineups: Colombia — Martinez; Bustos, Mosquera, Valdez, Garcia; Cuadros (6-Segura, 63), 14-Culma (17-Rodriguez, 72), Chara (Capt.), Lopez; Cebollas, Ramirez (Encido, 77). USA — D.J. Countess; Phillip Salyer, Nelson Akwari (capt.), Alex Yi, Oguchi Onyewu; Brad Davis, Kelly Gray, 10-Kyle Martino (Seth Trembly, 66), Brian Carroll (David Wagenfuhr, 61); Alecko Eskandarian (Logan Pause, 72), 17-Conor Casey. Statistical Summary: COLOMBIA Shots-15 Saves-5 Corner Kicks-3 Fouls-14 Offside-4 USA Shots-7 Saves-7 Corner Kicks-4 Fouls-13 Offside-3 MB>Misconduct Summary: USA — Kelly Gray (caution) 76th minute.
