Comment on Sports Digest: U.S. men’s soccer team routs Guatemala

SoCCER U.S. preps for Gold Cup with rout of Guatemala Clint Dempsey converted a penalty kick in his return from a suspension for a confrontation with a referee, Timmy Chandler scored his first international goal, and the United States routed Guatemala 4-0 Friday night in an exhibition in Nashville, Tennessee, ahead of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Just after Guatemala goalkeeper Paulo Motta saved Jozy Altidore’s penalty kick, the Americans went ahead on an own goal in the 19th minute, when Carlos Castrillo headed a cross from 6 yards into his own goal. Chandler doubled the lead in the 58th minute.