CHESTER, Pa. — Gio Reyna scored in his first international start in 16 months to surpass his father in career goals and then set up Folarin Balogun's tiebreaking goal in the 71st minute to lead the United States over Paraguay 2-1 on Saturday night in a friendly between World Cup-bound teams that sparked a late brawl.

American defender Alex Freeman and Paraguay captain Diego Gómez both tried to pick up a ball that rolled out during second-half stoppage time, and they started scrapping as both benches joined in. Paraguay's Omar Alderete, who was not in the game, was given a red card and American midfielder Cristian Roldan a yellow card.

“That type of situation are very, very, very dangerous,” U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino. “I don’t like this type of situation.”

Playing two days after his

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