The entire sequence, from when Donovan played the corner kick to when Robinho scored at the other end of the field, took 14 seconds.
"The ball just went under my foot, there's no other way I can say it," Beasley said. "I was stunned because that's never happened to me before."
The U.S. started out a little more positively in the second half, but again came unstuck when Sacha Kljestan was red-carded for a late tackle that took down Ramires in the 57th minute.
"He played the ball before I got there and I got him in the foot," said Kljestan, who plays for Chivas USA. "I don't know if it was a red or not, but the end state is that I let my team down today."
Said Bob Bradley: "A red card in the second match in a row is very disappointing. At times, players are trying to push harder but in the end make a rash decision and it ends up hurting the team for the rest of the game."
Five minutes after Kljestan was sent off, Maicon scored, beating Bornstein (another Chivas USA player) to the ball and firing it from an acute angle over Howard and into the net.
Brazil ended up outshooting the U.S., 16-8, as it improved its all-time record against the Americans to 13-1. Brazilian goalkeeper Julio Cesar did not have to make a save, although a shot by Benny Feilhaber and a header by Conor Casey both crashed against the crossbar in the dying minutes.
"We simply just didn't execute," said Howard, who called some of his teammates "naive in certain instances."
"Sometimes you just come up against Goliath and David doesn't win," he said.
Jones reported from Los Angeles
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