the united states lost 2-0 to brazil in the 2010 friendly at the new meadowlands stadium in new york / new jersey. the blistering fast brazilian squad achieved victory and provided fans with some thrilling play while team usa showed some bright sports as well. surpirse starter omar gozalez was in place of Oguchi Onyewu and earned his first cap, playing impressively and serving notice that gonzo will be a big part of the future. maurice edu and michael bradley played well together and landon donovan almost scored while slicing into the box but no penalty was called for a shove that denied the american superstar. for brazil neymar opened the scoring putting a header past tim howard in the 28th minute. then brazil's pato had a goal disallowed just 3 minutes later for contact with the usa goalkeeper.however brazil and pato would not be denied at the stroke of the first half pato notched brazil's second goal beating howard and calmly putting it home. the usa gave a good effort in the second half and showed some sparks. next action for team usa is a couple of friendlies in october.