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Cuba Tops US Field Hockey Men for 4-Nation Tournament Title

Colorado Springs, Colo. – Cuba scored six unanswered goals to top the U.S. men’s field hockey team, 8-2, and capture the title at the Mexico Four Nation Tournament in Salamanica.

            The U.S. placed second in the tournament while Mexico defeated Venezuela, 5-0, for third place.

            Both teams scored in the first two minutes of play as the teams traded goals for a 2-2 draw after an opening 20 minutes to start the game.  Jarred Martin (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) and Daraspreet Kainth (Fullerton, Calif.) scored for the U.S., but Jose Garcia added the second of his three goals in the 21^st minute to spark Cuba on to three quick goals and a 5-2 halftime lead.

            Goalkeeper Jeb Saez (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) and Afzal Siddiqui (Berkeley, Calif.) shared time in the goal for the U.S.

Cuba 8, USA 2

CUB: Abreus (fg, 1:00)
USA: Jarred Martin (pc, 2:00)
CUB: Jose Garcia (fg, 8:00)
USA: Daraspreet Kainth (fg, 20:00)
CUB: Garcia (fg, 21:00)
CUB: Penalver (pc, 25:00)|
CUB: Dominguez (fg, 29:00)
CUB: Garcia (fg, 40:00)
CUB: Perez (pc, 47:00)
CUB: Ojeda (pc, 51:00)

USA Starters - Pat Harris, Jarred Martin, Shawn Hindy, Rinku Bhamber, Pat Cota, Koijan Kainth, Daraspreet Kainth, Todd Robinson, David Schmoyer, Bryan Rauschenberger, Jeb Saez (gk)

Subs: Chris Terrebonne, Sean Harris, Arjan Reyatt, Afzal Siddiqui

CUBA - Aguilar, Hernandez, Penalver, Alan, Perez, Lorenzo, Alumanza, Lopez, Gonzalez, Ojeda, Garcia, Abreus, Gonzalez, Perez, Dominguez, Pelaez

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