The USA’s hopes of advancing to the knockout stage of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup ended with a 4-3 loss to Japan after the USA opened with a loss to Switzerland. The USA, whose two goals byAlessandro Canale included an excellent diving header that was matched on the golazo scale Japan’s Teruki Tabata’s bicycle kick, finishes group play againstParaguay on Tuesday but is out if contention to advance from Group A.
