U.S. vs. Paraguay Watch Party in the Twin Cities

Come join Minnesota supporters of the Men’s National Team, along with readers of IMSoccer News, for a US National Team watch party.

The US National Team plays Paraguay in a friendly on Tuesday, March 29 with a 7 p.m. CT kick off. The game will be carried live from LP Field, Nashville, Tenn. on Fox Soccer Channel and Telefutura. Fans can also follow the match live via ussoccer.com’s MatchTracker and on Twitter.

–The U.S. team traveled to Nashville with 21 players after Edson Buddle was released back to FC Ingolstadt. The team will dress 18 players on match day.

–The U.S. holds a 2-1-2 lifetime record against Paraguay, posting three shutouts. In addition to a 3-0 victory in the 1930 World Cup (July 17 in Montevideo, Uruguay), the USA collected a 2-0 win on July 6, 2003 in Columbus. The teams last met at the 2007 Copa America in Venezuela, where a young U.S. team fell 3-1 to the Paraguayans in Barinas after entering halftime with an even scoreline.

–The last meeting was a thrilling 0-0 draw on June 8, 2008, in the USA’s last match at Giants Stadium in front of a record crowd of 78,682 fans. That game concluded an incredible stretch of 11 matches for the U.S. that saw road matches against England and Spain, and was the USA’s final match before the start of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying.

–Jozy Altidore has a great history at LP Field, having become the youngest U.S. player in the modern era to score a hat trick when he tallied three in the 3-0 victory against Trinidad & Tobago in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying. The U.S. lineup that day: 1-Tim Howard; 2-Frankie Hejduk, 3-Carlos Bocanegra (capt.), 5-Oguchi Onyewu, 7-DaMarcus Beasley; 8-Clint Dempsey (16-Sacha Kljestan, 84), 12-Michael Bradley, 4-Pablo Mastroeni, 10-Landon Donovan, 11-Brian Ching (6- José Torres, 81), 17-Jozy Altidore

–Paraguay lost 3-1 to Mexico on Saturday afternoon in an international friendly played before a sellout crowd of 48,110 at Oakland Coliseum.

U.S. Roster By Position
GOALKEEPERS (3): Marcus Hahnemann (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Tim Howard (Everton), David Yelldell (MSV Duisburg)
DEFENDERS (8): Carlos Bocanegra (Saint-Etienne), Jonathan Bornstein (UANL Tigres), Timothy Chandler (FC Nürnberg), Jay DeMerit (Vancouver Whitecaps), Eric Lichaj (Leeds), Oguchi Onyewu (FC Twente), Tim Ream (New York Red Bulls), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United)
MIDFIELDERS (8): Michael Bradley (Aston Villa), Clint Dempsey (Fulham), Mikkel Diskeruud (Stabaek), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Maurice Edu (Rangers), Benny Feilhaber (AGF Aarhus), Jermaine Jones (Blackburn Rovers), Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht)
FORWARDS (2): Juan Agudelo (New York Red Bulls), Jozy Altidore (Bursaspor)

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The event will be held at the Sweetwater Bar and Grille in the Kelly Inn in St. Paul. As always, free parking and 2 for 1 tap beers.

The Sweetwater was voted best “Soccer Bar” in the Twin Cities by City Pages in 2007, was featured in the Star Tribune during the 2010 World Cup as one of the top places to watch soccer, and featured in US Soccer’s official Blog during the World Cup.

The Sweetwater is an official U.S. Soccer Bar and is now the place to watch all the USMNT games in the Twin Cities.

Come early, get a seat, order some dinner and get ready to enjoy another US National Team win with like-minded US Soccer supporters.

Come join the party and see you at the Sweetwater!

Kelly Inn
161 Saint Anthony Ave
Saint Paul, MN 55103
(651) 227-8711