Panama City,Panama- Team USA soccer will visit Panama at Rommel Fernandez stadium today at 830pm in a friendly match.
Panama coach Julio Dely Valdés has called in a mostly U-23 squad in preparation for March’s Olympic qualifying tournament in the US.
So despite the home-field advantage, the young Panama team may have trouble with a slightly more senior squad from the north, comprising mostly MLS-based players.
•The U.S. holds a 7-1-2 lifetime record against Panama, including a 1-0-1 record on Panamanian soil.
•In their last encounter, Clint Dempsey scored the lone goal in the USA’s 1-0 victory in the semifinal round of the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, marking the fourth straight time that the U.S. has eliminated Panama from the Gold Cup’s knockout round.
•Earlier in that tournament, Panama collected its only victory against the United States, a 2-1 win on June 11 in Tampa, Fla. The defeat remains the only U.S. loss ever in the group phase of the tournament dating back to 1991.
•Four players earned their first cap this past Saturday: A.J. DeLaGarza, Bill Hamid, C.J. Sapong and Graham Zusi.
•Brek Shea, a member of the 2011 MLS Best XI, is now the only player to appear in all eight matches since Klinsmann became head coach.
•The U.S. defeated a team from South America for the first time since March 25, 2007, a 3-1 win against Ecuador, ending a 13-match winless run against teams from that continent.
•Four players on the roster are age-eligible to compete in qualifying for the 2012 Olympic Games: Teal Bunbury, Hamid, Johnson and Shea.


United StatesU.S. ROSTER BY POSITION 
GOALKEEPERS (3): Bill Hamid (D.C. United), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)
DEFENDERS (6): Geoff Cameron (Houston Dynamo), A.J. DeLaGarza (LA Galaxy), Zach Loyd (FC Dallas), Jeff Parke (Seattle Sounders FC), Michael Parkhurst (FC Nordsjaelland), Heath Pearce (Chivas USA)
MIDFIELDERS (7): Ricardo Clark (Eintracht Frankfurt), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders FC), Benny Feilhaber (New England Revolution), Jermaine Jones (Schalke), Jeff Larentowicz (Colorado Rapids), Brek Shea (FC Dallas), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)
FORWARDS (3): Teal Bunbury (Sporting Kansas City), C.J. Sapong (Sporting Kansas City), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes)

VenezuelaPANAMA ROSTER BY POSITION
xGOALKEEPERS (2): Luis Mejia (Fenix), Kevin Melgar (Alianza)
DEFENDERS (6): Carlos Rodriguez (FC Dallas), Sergio Thompson (Sporting), Eric Vasquez (Chorrillo), Eduardo Dasent (Tauro), Rolando Algandona (San Francisco), Edward Benitez (Sporting)
MIDFIELDERS (7): Luis Ovalle (Sporting), Amir Waithe (San Francisco), Marcos Sanchez (Tauro), Rolando Botello (Tauro), Gabriel Gomez (Philadelphia Union), Juan De Gracia (Chepo), Alberto Quintero (Chorrillo)
FORWARDS (3): Blas Perez (FC Dallas), Manuel Mosquera (Arabe Unido), Luis Renteria (Tauro) 

A Las Tablas Resturant called Ponchalos is running a promo, if you wear your teams Shirt and they score a goal , Phoncalo buys the beer. 

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