Since the last World Cup, the entire team, including European-based players, has rarely been together.

Thorrington found the net himself six minutes later when Olsen fed him a ball deep on the left side that the European-based player converted.

"If you played in the World Cup, then one week later you reported to preseason training," he said, referring to the top European-based players.

Milutinovic spent the greater part of the last 10 days looking at some of the European-based players, something he had not done recently.

The team is evenly split between European-based players and those playing in Major League Soccer.

It appears that the Americans will continue to struggle until their European-based players join the team later this month.

Taking into account the enervating heat, Arena had brought in 10 European-based players for the match, 8 of whom started.

This is not yet a team, however, that can survive for long stretches without the European-based players that give the Americans experience and creativity.

The camp will be the first in which Arena will include European-based players.

Arena, in his twice-a-month column on the Internet, has cited the pressure he is under to recall his European-based players.