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Article: United States falls to Argentina.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- February 8, 2003
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Byline: Santos A. Perez
MIAMI _ An Italian journalist confused United States soccer coach Bruce Arena with his Argentina counterpart, Marcelo Bielsa, during a news conference Saturday.
There is hardly a facial resemblance between Arena and Bielsa, but Arena probably wouldn't mind having his national team confused with Bielsa's.
Despite its early exit from last year's World Cup, Argentina remains one of the sport's elite powers and needed only a goal in the opening minutes of Saturday's exhibition match to defeat the United States, 1-0, in front of 27,196 fans at the Orange Bowl.
Motivated by a predominantly Argentine crowd full of fans ...