SEATTLE — A young U.S. lineup easily beat up on Grenada in the Americans' opener at the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

"Today is important to start the Gold Cup the right way," U.S. coach Bob Bradley said after last night's 4-0 win. "It was a really good team effort, four different guys scored tonight, so all things are important."

Freddy Adu scored first in the seventh minute and Stuart Holden doubled the lead in the 31st, both off assists from Robbie Rogers.

Rogers made it 3-0 in the 60th minute and Charlie Davies, one of the few players kept on from the Confederations Cup, got the final goal in the 68th.

The 12th-ranked Americans, seeking their third straight title in the regional championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean, outshot the No. 88 Spice Boyz, 25-3.

Seven of the U.S. starters entered with a combined 11 international appearances, with goalkeeper Troy Perkins playing just his second match for the national team.

Right back Steve Cherundolo, sidelined with a hip injury for most of the past six months, was the only regular starter in the lineup. He was joined by three frequent national team backups: left back Heath Pearce, and Adu and Davies, who got a key goal against Egypt at the Confederations Cup.

"Physically, I felt fine," said Cherundolo, who played 62 minutes. "There's still a little rust that needs to come off, but it was OK. It's always good to get back on the field."

Brian Ching a Kamehameha Schools alum from Hale'iwa, didn't play for the Americans.

Most regulars were not included in the initial 23-man U.S. roster, allowing them to either take time off before the start of the European season or to return to their Major League Soccer teams. CONCACAF then decided to allow the U.S. to expand its roster by seven, and some of those seven could be called in later in the tournament.

The U.S., 22-0-1 in group play in the Gold Cup, next plays Honduras on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. The Americans close the first round against Haiti on July 11 at Foxborough, Mass.

It was just the second time the U.S. soccer team has played on the Fourth of July — the other was a 1-0 loss to Brazil in the second round of the 1994 World Cup at Stanford, Calif.

The U.S. was coming off its first-ever final in the FIFA tournament, a 3-2 loss to Brazil last Sunday in the Confederations Cup at Johannesburg in which the Americans failed to protect a two-goal lead.

HONDURAS 1, HAITI 0

SEATTLE — Carlo Costly headed in a free kick by Walter Martinez in the 76th minute yesterday, helping Honduras open group play in the CONCACAF Gold Cup with a victory over Haiti.

Martinez took the free kick from the left of the penalty area about 2 yards up from the goal line. He drove it into the box, and Costly went up and flicked it into the right corner of the net, well beyond the reach of Haiti goalkeeper Jean Dominique Zephrin.