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    Santa Cruz holds the key to Paraguay attack

    By Jeff Carlisle, ESPNsoccernet

    Sunday, July 1, 2007

    BARINAS, Venezuela -- In its first Copa America match in 12 years, a weakened U.S. side battled star-studded Argentina to a standstill for over an hour before a flurry of goals buried the Americans. Now, with their sights still set on reaching the quarterfinals, the Americans must get a result against a Paraguay team that is less dynamic than Argentina, but showed in its 5-0 rout of Colombia how clinical it can be in front of goal. In some ways, Paraguay's match saw it adopt a similar app ...

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