Stuart Holden scored the only goal as the Stars & Stripes win their first match of the Football Tournament at the Olympic Games since 29 July 1984, when they topped Costa Rica, 3:0.
Elsewhere, goals by Robert Aquafresca, Sebastian Giovinco and Giuseppe Rossi led Italy to a 3:0 triumph over Honduras in Group D at the Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium.
The Football Tournament continues for the CONCACAF teams with the Women's Competition on Saturday with Canada facing the hosts, China in Tianjin in Group E play, while the USA will meet Japan in a Group F encounter in Qinhuangdao.
OLYMPIC GAMES BEIJING 2008
Men's Football Tournament
Group B
07.08: Tianjin Olympic Sports Center Stadium (A: 57102)
JAPAN - USA 0:1 (0:0)
Stuart HOLDEN 47'
JPN: Shusaku Nishikawa - Hiroki Mizumoto-C, Yuto Nagatomo, Yuto Nagatomo, Masato Morishige, Atsuto Uchida, Keisuke Honda, Yohei Kajiyama (64: Tadanari Lee), Hiroyuki Taniguchi, Shinji Kagawa (83: Shinij Okazaki), Takayuki Morimoto (72: Yohei Toyoda), Takuya Honda. Booked: K. Honda 73', T. Honda 77'
TD: Yasuharu SORIMACHI
USA: Brad Guzman - Marvell Wynne, Michael Orozco, Michael Bradley, Maurice Edu, Stuart Holden (82: Benny Feilhaber), Michael Parkhurst, Sacha Kljestan, Brian McBride-C (74: Jozy Altidore). Booked: Adu 51', Bradley 65', Guzman 90'
TD: Peter NOWAK
R: Badara DIATTA (SEN)
10.08: Tianjin Olympic Sports Center Stadium (19:45)
USA - NETHERLANDS
13.08: Beijing; Workers' Stadium (17:00)
NIGERIA - USA
Group D
07.08: Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium (A: 21680)
HONDURAS - ITALY 3:0 (2:0)
Sebastian GIOVINCO 41'; Giuseppe ROSSI 45' pen; Robert AQUAFRESCA 52' pen
HON: Kevin Hernandez - Quiarol Arzu, David Molina, Samuel Caballeros, Erick Norales, Emil Martinez, Rigoberto Padilla (46: David Alvarez), Carlos Pavon, Luis Rodas (65: Ramon Nunez), Jorge Claros (61: Marvin Sanchez), Hendry Thomas-C. Booked: Hernandez 51', Thomas 87'
TD: Gilberto YEARWOOD
ITA: Emiliano Viviano - Paolo De Ceglie, Antonio Nocerino-C, Luca Cigarini, Domenico Criscito, Riccardo Montolivo, Sebastian Giovinco (79: Claudio Marchisio), Giuseppe Rossi (59: Ignazio Abate), Robert Acquafresca, Salvadtore Bocchetti (72: Andrea Coda), Lorenzo De Silverstri. Booked: Cigarini 54', De Silvestri 81', Abate 90'+
TD: Pierluigi CASIRAGHI
R: Damir SKOMINA (SVN)
10.08: Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium (17:00)
CAMEROON - HONDURAS
13.08: Shanghai Stadium (17:00)
KOREA REPUBLIC - HONDURAS
Women's Football Tournament
Group E
09.08: Tianjin Olympic Sports Center Stadium (19:45)
CANADA - CHINA
12.08: Beijing; Workers' Stadium (17:00)
SWEDEN - CANADA
Group F
09.08: Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium (17:00)
USA - JAPAN
12.08: Shenyang; Olympic Sports Center Wu Lihe Stadium (19:45)
USA - NEW ZEALAND
Photo #1 - Honduras vs. Italy, from fifa.com
Photo #2 - USA vs. Norway, by Tony Quinn
