Ireland test tougher for U.S. young stars than Bolivia

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Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. For the U.S. men's national team, there was plenty to feel good about following the 3-0 win over Bolivia last Monday. The younger elements of the squad showed some promise, and the whole team rightfully dominated an understrength opponent. One suspects, however, that Saturday's match against Ireland (3 p.m. ET, ESPN2/ UniMas/UDN) will witness the U.S. jolted back to reality. Outside of defender Ronald Raldes, who earned his 100th cap that night, Bolivia's starting lineup had a combined total of 30 international appearances. Ireland have considerably more experience with defender John O'Shea (118 caps), forward Shane Long (81), and

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