Club America beats Guatemala 4-1

Club America beats Guatemala 4-1

Published Dec. 30, 2010 12:14 a.m. ET

Matias Vuoso, Miguel Layun, Angel Reyna and Daniel Marquez scored to give Club America of Mexico City a 4-1 victory over Guatemala's national team in an exhibition game Wednesday night.

Guillermo Ramirez, who played for the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2005, scored his 14th career goal for Guatemala.

Vuoso gave Club America a 1-0 lead in the 19th minute with a penalty kick after Guatemala's Jaime Vides fouled Vicente Sanchez in the penalty area.

Goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, a member of Mexico's World Cup team, kept Guatemala from tying the score in the 36th minute. With Carlos Figueroa on a breakaway, Ochoa used his right leg to deflect the ball at point-blank range.

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Layun then extended the lead to 2-0 in the same minute by redirecting Sanchez's right-wing cross from 11 yards.

Ramirez converted an 11-yard shot off Vides' cross in the 45th after Vides eluded three defenders on the right flank.

Reyna made it 3-1 with a 13-yard shot in the 81st minute. Marquez scored on a 9-yard header in the 84th.

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