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    U.S. unlikely to take it easy against Cuba

    By Jeff Carlisle, ESPNsoccernet

    Thursday, October 9, 2008

    When U.S. men's national team manager Bob Bradley announced his roster for World Cup qualifiers against Cuba and Trinidad and Tobago, the inclusion of talents like Freddy Adu, Jozy Altidore, and Francisco Torres set off visions that Bradley would shed his conservative tendencies and give his young studs a chance. While that will eventually come to pass, the focus of Saturday's tilt against Cuba (7 p.m. ET, ESPN Classic) will be on how the veterans perform. Sure, a player like Torres may see so ...

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