USA vs. Spain: Score and Recap for FIFA U-20 World Cup Match

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Published: June 21, 2013

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Spain constitute the gold standard for international football teams these days and they proved that again on Friday at the 2013 FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Turkey. 

La Roja scored early and often in the first half to build a 3-0 lead and added to that lead in the second half en route to a 4-1 victory against the United States in a Group A match between the two young sides. 

FIFA.com tweeted this at match's end:



Spain's win marked the third such decision of the tournament so far, with group mates France and the Republic of Korea already picking up wins over Ghana and Cuba, respectively, to open up the action at the junior tournament in Turkey. 

Group A has been known as the "group of death" leading into the tournament for the Americans and a draw that included Spain as the first side out lent no favors to Tab Ramos' side in their opening match of World Cup action. 



Jese Rodriguez and Gerard Deulofeu both found the net twice for La Roja on Friday, with Jese doing so twice in the first half as part of Spain's 3-0 lead at the break. 

A breakdown in defensive pressure allowed Spain to execute an easy cross to Jese just outside the left half of the goal box in the fifth minute and one of Spain's most talented youngsters opened up the scoring with an easy tap-in past USA goalie Cody Cropper. 

U.S. Soccer's YNT (Youth National Teams) tweeted this out as their side suffered an early setback:




After a few missed chances in the Spanish end, La Roja broke things open twice in the final five minutes of the first half. Deulofeu got the first of his two goals on a beautiful strike outside the box, curling the ball around Cropper's hand and into the right half of the net. 

101 Great Goals tweeted the highlight:



Jese added another goal to increase the lead to three and virtua...
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