USA-Panama Live: Michael Bradley, Clint Dempsey Score In Team USA’s First Win Of 2015

Final, 2-0 United States: The game is over at the StubHub Center. Team USA wins.

The United States concludes its January camp with an encouraging win over Panama. Bradley and Dempsey gave Team USA a two-goal lead before halftime, and the defense held firm in the second period. The result ends the United States’ five-game winless run and is its first victory of 2015.

Players now will return to their clubs. Team USA returns to action in March with road games against Denmark and Switzerland.

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Postgame analysis of USA-Panama >>

90th minute, 2-0 United States: There will be a minimum of three minutes of stoppage time in the second half.

86th minute, 2-0 United States: Panama makes a rare, forward foray, which ends with Johnson collecting a deflected cross. It looks like Team USA will avoid the curse of the late goals and end its five-game winless run.

81st minute, 2-0 United States: Dempsey departs to a rousing ovation. Gil replaces Dempsey.

79th minute, 2-0 United States: Nguyen replaces Ibarra, as Team USA makes another personnel change.

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74th minute, 2-0 United States: Team USA has changed to a three-back formation.

72nd minute, 2-0 United States: Kitchen replaces Diskerud, and Hedges comes on for Yedlin, as Team USA makes its third and fourth substitutions.

Kitchen and Hedges are making their international debuts.

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71st minute, 2-0 United States: Yedlin has limped off the field.

68th minute, 2-0 United States: Shea crosses to Wondolowski, but the U.S. striker whiffs on his shot at the far post.

Wondolowski could have scored there.

65th minute, 2-0 United States: Wondolowski is cautioned for dissent. The U.S. striker fouled Parris before squaring up to the Panamanian defender and yelling at the referee’s assistant.

62nd minute, 2-0 United States: It’s another substitution for Panama. Blackburn exits. Pereira enters.

60th minute, 2-0 United States: Jones heads Bradley’s free kick on goal, but it goes straight to Penedo, who saves it.

59th minute, 2-0 United States: Godoy hacks down Dempsey in the midfield and earns himself a yellow card.

56th minute, 2-0 United States: Buitrago replaces Perez in Panama’s latest substitution.

55th minute, 2-0 United States: Panama makes another substitution. Diaz, 17, enters. Stephens exits.

48th minute, 2-0 United States: Godoy blasts a long-range shot well over the United States goal.

46th minute, 2-0 United States: The second half is underway.

Team USA made two substitutes at halftime. Johnson replaces Rimando in goal. Wondolowski replaces Altidore up front.

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Panama made three changes during the interval. Murillo, Hormechea and Yau replace Ovalle, Escobar and Sanchez, respectively.

Halftime, 2-0 United States: That’s the end of the first half. Team USA leads by two.

The United States struts off the field with a two-goal lead in its pockets. Bradley and Dempsey led the way with goals, while Zardes and Altidore provided plenty of attacking thrust.

Panama should have scored at least once, through Perez and Davis early on. Perez spurned the best of the chances later on.

45th minute, 2-0 United States: There will be a minimum of one minute of stoppage time in the first half.

43rd minute, 2-0 United States: Altidore crosses to Zardes, who chests it straight into Bradley’s late run. Bradley shoots straight at Perez from 18 yards out to end the move. Team USA is in full flow.

41st minute, 2-0 United States: The referee cautions Ovalle for a foul on Zardes.

39th minute, 2-0 United States: It’s a nightmare turnover for Team USA, but Perez bails the Americans out.

Rimando passed to Besler, who slipped on the edge of the U.S. penalty area. Besler’s slip gifted Perez the ball, but the Panama striker sliced his shot wide of the target.

38th minute, 2-0 United States: The referee cautions Bradley.

37th minute, 2-0 United States: Dempsey doubles Team USA’s lead.

Zardes won the ball at the halfway line, cut inside and surged forward. The young winger slipped a through-ball to Dempsey, who rounded Penedo and poked it home.

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33rd minute, 1-0 United States: Bradley lofts a free kick from a promising position over Penedo and out for a goal kick.

28th minute, 1-0 United States: Team USA scores, and it looks like Bradley did it directly from a corner kick.

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Altidore, who jumped at the back post, also claims it.

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25th minute, 0-0: Blackburn shows some deft control in the U.S. penalty area before making to a back-heel pass to Perez, who would have shot on goal had Shea and Jones not made a fine recovery tackle.

22nd minute, 0-0: Dempsey shoves Ovalles, who still is down on the field with an apparent injury. The Panama fullback should be able to continue.

21st minute, 0-0: Zardes frees himself inside Panama’s penalty area, turns and crosses into the goal mouth, but a Panama defender sweeps it out for a corner kick.

Team USA now is pushing the game into Panama’s half.

14th minute, 0-0: Parris floats a cross into the U.S. penalty area. Davis arrives first with a sliding shot, but the alert Rimando races off his line and blocks it away.

It was the best chance of the game so far.

Eighth minute, 0-0: Bradley is pushing forward in an effort to create higher up the field. The U.S. midfielder plays two dangerous passes — one to Altidore and the other to Dempsey — that almost turn into scoring chances.

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Seventh minute, 0-0: Bradley heads a Panama free kick into the air inside the U.S. penalty area. Rimando rushes in and punches it clear.

Fifth minute, 0-0: Team USA is dominating possession but its attacking moves break down when it runs into the deep-seated Panama defense in the final third.

Kickoff: USA-Panama is underway at the StubHub Center.

Pregame: Klinsmann springs another surprise, starting Zardes and Ibarra on the wings and Shea at left back.

Shea, a winger by trade, impressed against Chile — Team USA’s most recent outing — as both a winger and conventional fullback.

Zardes and Ibarra will enjoy some home cooking. Zardes plays for hometown club Los Angeles Galaxy. Ibarra grew up in Southern California and has a host of family and friends in the stands. Both players start for the first time in their international careers.

The experiment with Jones at center back continues. The New England Revolution star partners with Besler. The two struggled against Chile and will look for an improved showing against Panama.

3:45 p.m.: Here are the lineups:

United States

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Panama
Jaime Penedo (1), goalkeeper
Luis Ovalle (17), left back
Harold Cummings (3), center back
Fidel Escobar (5), center back
Leonel Parris (2), right back
Marcos Sanchez (8), midfielder
Anibal Godoy (20), midfielder
Eric Davis (15), midfielder
Alfredo Stephens (13), midfielder
Blas Perez (7), striker
Rolando Blackburn (9), striker

Substitutes
Jose Calderon (12), goalkeeper
Chin Hormechea (23), defender
Michael Murillo (6), defender
Ricardo Buitrago (21), midfielder
Jhamal Rodriguez (19), midfielder
Hecgar Murillo (11), midfielder
Gabriel Torres (10), forward
Ismael Diaz (22), forward
Yairo Yau (16), forward

3:30 p.m. ET: The United States men’s national soccer team needs a win and a performance of which it can be proud.

Team USA faces Panama on Sunday at the Stubhub Center in Carson, Calif., in its first home game of 2015. Team USA has struggled since the 2014 FIFA World Cup, going 1-4-4 in recent exhibition games.

Head coach Jurgen Klinsmann has experimented with new players and different formations in an effort to rebuild the national team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup cycle.

Results and performances have been disappointing, and Klinsmann faces mounting criticism over his selections, tactics and methods. Klinsmann recently laid the blame on his players and their fitness.

Sunday’s game concludes Team USA’s January-February training camp. The Americans hope to reward themselves with a win over their CONCACAF foes.

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