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The U.S. went ahead after Edu played a through pass to Herculez Gomez, whose initial shot rebounded off goalkeeper Dwayne Miller and follow-up ricocheted off a defender. The second shot rebounded to Dempsey, who scored from about 10 yards for his 28th international goal. He has scored in all three U.S. qualifiers this year.
Dempsey's previous match was a World Cup qualifier at Guatemala on June 12. Dempsey had held the record for fastest U.S. goal in a qualifier when he scored 53 seconds in against Barbados in 2008.
"Maybe we were leading too early," Klinsmann said.
Dempsey moved from Fulham to Tottenham on Aug. 31 just before the transfer deadline closed and had missed the start of the English Premier League season while his club status was sorted out.
Jamaica increasingly dominated the midfield, and the Reggae Boyz tied the score after a late tackle by Beckerman on Austin gave Jamaica a free kick about 28 yards out. Austin took the kick and his shot deflected off Beckerman's right foot on the defensive wall and past Howard.
Beckerman was replaced in the 58th minute by Danny Williams, who made his first competitive appearance for the U.S. Williams also had been eligible to play for Germany.
Howard went down after colliding with Shelton about eight minutes into the second half, and Jamaica took the lead after Austin was fouled by Edu. Shelton's free kick from about 25 yards went in just inside the post as Howard dived to his right, extending his Jamaican record with his 34th international goal.
"We can repair certain things within four days," Klinsmann said. "We have to bounce back. We have to prove everybody wrong."
NOTES: Right back Steve Cherundolo was scratched because of a strained right calf. Captain Carlos Bocanegra, who transferred last week from fourth-tier Glasgow Rangers to second-tier Racing Santander, was benched. ... The game was televised in the U.S. on the new beIN Sport network, available to only a small fraction of television households that receive certain tiers of DirecTV, the DISH Network and, in some cases, Comcast. ... Carlos Ruiz scored in the 58th and 79th minutes for Guatemala, and Dwight Pezzarossi added a goal in second-half injury time. Peter Byers had put the visitors ahead in the 38th.
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