Two minutes later, the referee pointed to the spot after Armero cleared a dangerous ball with his arm. Altidore stepped up to take the kick and the Sunderland forward struck a powerful right-footed shot towards the far post to beat Colombia goalkeeper Camilo Vargas for his 25th international goal.
before the half-hour mark. Bacca headed Rodriguez's cross over the bar before Real Madrid star Rodriguez's powerful free-kick went just wide of the far post. Jelson Murillo then forced Guzan to palm the ball over the bar with a powerful header.
Colombia had the best opportunity to pull level when Gutierrez spotted Bacca in the box and the Sevilla striker's first touch beat Guzan but rebounded off the fifa 15 coins near post. Before the interval, Rubio Rubin should have doubled USA's lead but headed Kyle Beckerman's perfect cross wide from a great position.
The Americans could have made it 2-0 early in the second half but Rubin's flying header from Alejandro Bedoya's cross went inches wide. Colombia were finally rewarded when Rodriguez set up Bacca in the box and he struck a diagonal shot past Guzan. The goal inspired the South Americans and Guzan was then forced to fully stretch to keep out powerful efforts from Gutierrez, Armero and Juan Guillermo Cuadrado.
Sam Winnall netted a powerful low drive - his sixth goal in four games - to give the the hosts a fourth minute lead, but Sanchez Watt levelled with a quarter of an hour played on Colchester's first attack.
Conor Hourihane restored Barnsley's advantage in the 55th minute from the penalty spot after Sean Clohessy's foul on Devante Cole.
Hourihane then set up Peter Ramage to head a third before United's Freddie Sears set up a grandstand finish, but Barnsley were able to hold on for their third successive win in all competitions.
In League Two, Ryan Bird scored a 79th-minute winner as Cambridge United came from behind to beat Northampton Town 2-1 at the Abbey Stadium.
An uneventful first-half gave way to drama early in the second as Ivan Toney headed home Chris Hackett's cross, only for Adam Cunnington to haul Cambridge level from Liam Hughes corner a minute later.
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