Morocco shuts out U.S. in warmup

The Americans' next tuneup will be Friday in Cleveland.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The United States began its final series of World Cup warmup games with a 1-0 loss to Morocco Tuesday night in which the most significant event was yet another injury to U.S. captain Claudio Reyna.
Mohamed Madihi, who entered in the 60th minute, scored for the 36th-ranked Atlas Lions in the 90th minute off a pass from Bouchaib El Moubarki after the U.S. defense got caught up field.
Madihi, who was wide open, easily put the ball over goalkeeper Kasey Keller.
It was a dismal night for the Americans, who generated only a few good scoring chances. Reyna hobbled off with a strained right hamstring in the 17th minutes, and the extent of his injury was not immediately known.
Rebound shanked
The best American opportunity came in the 82nd minute, when Landon Donovan's 25-yard shot was parried by goalkeeper Tarek El Jarmouni. With an open net, Eddie Johnson got little on the ball as he shanked the rebound.
Bobby Convey hit the side of the net on a 25-yard free kick in second-half injury time.
Morocco, one of Africa's stronger teams, did not qualify for the 32-nation World Cup field. Before leaving for Germany on June 1, the fifth-ranked United States faces two more teams that didn't make the tournament: Venezuela Friday in Cleveland and Latvia Sunday in East Hartford, Conn.
Reyna was fouled from behind about eight minutes in, and was hurt about three minutes later stretching to reach a ball, according to the U.S. team.
He repeatedly put his hand behind his thigh and went down to his left knee, extending the other leg in an attempt to shake off the injury.
Changing of the guard
He was replaced by Pablo Mastroeni, flipping the captain's armband to Donovan before coming off the field.
Reyna was limited to 23 games last season with Manchester City in England's Premier League. He injured his right knee and ankle Oct. 22 at Arsenal, and returned Dec. 4 and played four games.
But three days after a Dec. 26 match, he said tests revealed his right ankle was still broken.
He returned to action March 5, but in his third game after coming back he injured his right shoulder March 18 against Wigan.
He came back April 8 and started the final six games of the season.
Reyna, a 32-year-old midfielder, is among only seven players in this year's tournament appearing on a World Cup roster for the fourth time. In 1994, he missed the entire tournament with a right hamstring injury.
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