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Venezuela celebrates easy 3-0 victory over the United States
Venezuela's Salomon Rondon celebrates his second goal against the US yesterday

VENEZUELA hammered the United States 3-0 at a friendly match in Cincinnati yesterday.

Poor defending and worse goalkeeping from the US allowed the Latin Americans to blast three goals past US keeper Zack Steffen after only 36 minutes into the first half. 

Constant pressure on the US defence resulted in a 16 minute goal by West Brom forward Salomon Rondon.

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