A week after defeating China, 2-1, the USA played its second international friendly of 2001 and fell, 1-0, to Colombia. Freddy Grisales scored in the 53rd minute in a match before 14,169 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Fla. ò Colombia remains undefeated (5 wins, 2 ties) in its seven encounters with the USA in South Florida dating back to 1988. ò The defeat marked the first U.S. home loss since March 12, 1999, when the Americans fell to Mexico as part of the Nike U.S. Cup æ99. Last year, the USA fell to Colombia in the Gold Cup quarterfinals on penalty kicks in a match that is officially counted as a tie. ò The USA is still undefeated in home World Cup qualifiers since a May 31, 1985 to Costa Rica in Torrance, Calif. That streak will be on the line when it begins the final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying vs. Mexico on Feb. 28 in Columbus, Ohio.. ò Colombia had defeated Mexico, 3-2, last Wednesday (Jan 31) in Los Angeles. ò U.S. coach Bruce Arena on his first loss of the year: “I think we did some very good things for some long stretches of the game, but we didn’t have the ability to break down their defense in the last third of the field. ôWe did a good job of getting in and breaking up their plays. I think we fell asleep a little bit on the goal, but overall we did a good job defensively. Overall our performance was much better this week than last week.” ò Colombia scored the game’s only goal after attacking the left side of the American defense. Nestor Salazar received a pass from near midfield and angled toward the corner flag before pulling up and spotting Grisales moving into the middle of the 18-yard box. Grisales calmly took a touch on the ball toward goal and cracked a shot from eight yards out past keeper Tony MeolaÆs near post. ò U.S. defender Jeff Agoos, who earned his 106th cap: “We got caught out of shape on a counterattack. I went out to mark the guy who had the ball, and he slipped one inside and past me to a runner coming through. ôUnfortunately, Greg (Vanney) couldn’t get back and connect with it. The guy ran through and hit one. It was a bad goal to give up and we have to be better on those kinds of plays.” ò The U.S. will resume training camp on Feb. 16 in Ft. Lauderdale, where the team will train through Feb. 24. The U.S. squad will arrive in Columbus Feb. 25. GAME REPORT International Friendly Orange Bowl in Miami, Fla. February 3, 2001 Attendance: 14,169 Weather: 82 degrees (partly cloudy, humid) USA 0 Colombia 1 Goals: Freddy Grisales (Nestor Salazar) 53rd minute. Lineups: USA — 1-Tony Meola; 23-Eddie Pope, 12-Jeff Agoos, 16-Carlos Llamosa (Capt.) 4-Greg Vanney (21-Richie Williams, 80); 7-DaMarcus Beasley (17-Chris Klein, 72), 14-Chris Armas, 6-Clint Mathis (9-Josh Wolff, 63), 13-Cobi Jones; 11-Chris Albright, 22-Landon Donovan. COLOMBIA — 22-Farid Mondragon; 16-Jerson Gonzalez, 15-Wilmer Ortegon, 20-Gerado Bedoya (Capt.); 13- Arley Dinas (7-Carlos Castro, 83), 21-Felipe Arce (18-David Ferreira, 33; 3-Luis Asprilla, 93+), 11-Luis Alberto Garcia, 8-Freddy Girisales; 4-Alexander Viveros (14-Ivan Lopez, 78), 9-Julian Vasquez (17-Rubiel Quintana, 75), 19-Nestor Salazar. Stats: USA-Colombia Shots: 9-11 Saves: 5-3 Corner Kicks: 7-0 Fouls: 22-20 Offside: 2-6 Misconduct Summary: COL – Felipe Arce (caution) 12th minute. USA – Clint Mathis (caution) 59. COL – Luis Alberto Garcia (caution) 91+. COL – Farid Mondragon (caution) 91+. Officials Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador) Assistant Referees: Vladimir Fernandez (El Salvador), Raul Cardona (El Salvador) 4th Official: Michael Kennedy (USA)