Pan American run over for Hoosier soccer players

For two IU soccer players, a run at Pan Am gold is over.\nSophomore midfielder Kevin Alston and redshirt freshman midfielder Daniel Kelly and the rest of the U.S. soccer team were sent home with a 2-0 loss against Mexico on Saturday in the group play of the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. \nAlston started for the third game in a row, while Kelly, who had started the first two games of the Pan American competition, came off the bench in the second half.\nMexico scored both its goals within a span of three minutes in the second half, after American team member Jalil Anibaba from Santa Clara University was ejected because he had received his second yellow card of the match. Rodolfo del Real scored the match’s first goal for Mexico in the 75th minute. Enrique Alejandro Esqueda extended Mexico’s lead to 2-0 just three minutes later. Soon after Esqueda’s goal, American team member Danny Barrera received his second yellow card, and the U.S. had to play the rest of the game with two men down.\nThe United States ended group play with a 1-2-0 record. Mexico will advance to the next round where they will play Jamaica on Tuesday.\nAnother Hoosier will represent the United States in the Pan American Games when the basketball play kicks off Wednesday. Senior forward D.J. White will be on the roster when the U.S. tips off against Uruguay.