Watch: Dempsey drives home Zardes' pass to open scoring

United States forward Gyasi Zardes gets a lot of flak online, often for his sometimes-poor first touch, but you can't fault his passing and movement against Paraguay, as the LA Galaxy youngster utterly split the opposition's defense in two.

Streaking down the left wing, Zardes took on a pair of defenders with confidence, beating the two for space and sending a low, driven pass into the box; his placement was perfect and the pass flew between yet another pair of defenders for Seattle Sounders forward Clint Dempsey to latch onto and score.

It's Dempsey's 51st goal and gives the U.S. a lead to defend; should Jurgen Klinsmann's side defeat Paraguay, the Stars and Stripes would advance out of Group A into the Copa America Centenario quarter-final stage.