Mauricio Pochettino wanted to see more fight from his United States men’s national team, and Paraguay was happy to engage the USMNT late in a 2-1 American win on Saturday in Philadelphia.

Paraguay’s Omar Alderete, a Sunderland player unable to feature in this match due to a concussion, was shown a red card as part of a wild fracas in stoppage time.

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It started when Paraguay’s Gustavo Gomez tried to take a loose ball from the USMNT’s Alex Freeman on a play that was set to be an American throw-in.

Freeman would not relinquish possession of the ball and Gomez put Freeman in a headlock. As the fourth official tried to step in, USMNT sub Sebastian Berhalter raced in to the aid of his teammate while Alderete did the same, throwing Berhalt

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