Tampa, Fla. ? Luis Tejada scored in the 19th minute, and Gabriel Gomez converted a penalty kick later in the first half, helping Panama stun the United States, 2-1, on Saturday night to advance to the quarterfinals of the Gold Cup.

The victory was the first for the Panamanians in nine meetings with the Americans, who had never lost a match in the group stage of any Gold Cup, the tournament that determines the champion for North and Central America and the Caribbean.

Despite the loss, the U.S. can clinch a spot in the quarterfinals by beating Guadaloupe in its final Group C stage match Tuesday night in Kansas City.

Gold Cup Soccer

Mexico hopes to replace players

Chicago — Mexico is determined to win the Gold Cup, regardless of how many players it has on its roster.

The defending champions were left with 17 players after goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, defenders Francisco Rodriguez and Edgar Duenas, and midfielders Christian Bermudez and Antonio Naelson “Sinha” were removed from the team Thursday after testing positive for clenbuterol. The Mexican federation has asked to replace the players, but CONCACAF officials say they need more information on the tests before they can make a decision.

Mexico is blaming the positive tests, which occurred during a pre-tournament training camp on the outskirts of Mexico City, on contaminated meat. Tour de France champion Alberto Contador also has blamed contaminated beef for his positive test for clenbuterol last July.

Golf

Karlsson leads St. Jude Classic

Memphis, Tenn. — Robert Karlsson shot a 2-under 68 on Saturday to remain atop the leaderboard through three rounds in the St. Jude Classic.

Karlsson looked ready to run away from the field, leading by five strokes on the back nine, but the Swede closed with his only bogeys of the day, dropping to 11 under and one stroke ahead of Harrison Frazar.

Frazar shot a 64. John Merrick (67) was third at 8 under.

The 41-year-old Karlsson, an 11-time winner on the European Tour, is trying to become the seventh first-time winner on the PGA Tour this year and the first in Memphis since Dicky Pride in 1994.

Tseng out front in State Farm

Springfield, Ill. — Top-ranked Yani Tseng shot her second straight 6-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead over Mindy Kim in the LPGA State Farm Classic.

Tseng reached 17 under, birdieing all four of Panther Creek’s par 5s in her bogey-free round. She won the season-opening LPGA Thailand for her sixth tour title in four years.

Kim, the leader after the first two round, bogeyed the final hole for a 69.

Brittany Lincicome, coming off a victory Sunday in New Jersey, shot a 66 to join Shanshan Feng (69) at 14 under. Defending champion Cristie Kerr (66) was another stroke back at 13 under.

Rock atop Italian Open leaderboard

Fiano, Italy — Robert Rock stretched his lead to two shots in the Italian Open, shooting a second straight 4-under 68 in a bid for his first European Tour title.

MLB

Yankees’ Colon injures thigh

New York — Yankees starter Bartolo Colon left the game against Cleveland on Saturday after he strained his left hamstring covering first base in the seventh inning.

Colon only allowed two hits against his former team and struck out six before he appeared to hurt himself while covering the bag on a grounder fielded by first baseman Mark Teixeira.

Light, misty rain was falling all afternoon at Yankee Stadium, covering everything in fine droplets, and Colon might have lost traction while running to first.

The right-hander came into the day 4-3 with a 3.39 ERA this season.

Marlins’ Ramirez on way back

Miami — Hanley Ramirez could return the Florida Marlins when he’s eligible to come off the disabled list Tuesday.

Ramirez is scheduled to make his second rehab start for Class A Jupiter on Saturday night. Out with a back strain since May 30, the All-Star shortstop went 2-for-3 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored as the designated hitter for Jupiter on Friday night.

Marlins manager Edwin Rodriguez said Saturday Ramirez was fine physically, but he did not run at 100 percent.

Ramirez hit off a tee Wednesday, his first activity since being injured. He was scheduled to play nine innings at shortstop in the Hammerheads’ game at Port St. Lucie on Saturday.

Indy Racing

Indy 500-winning car crashes

Fort Worth, Texas — The Indianapolis 500-winning car was crashed in the IndyCar race at Texas on Saturday night, even though the winning driver was in a broadcast booth high above the track.

Indy 500 champion driver Dan Wheldon had only a one-race contract with Bryan Herta Autosport at Indy two weeks ago, when he drove to victory in the No. 98 car that was leased from Sam Schmidt Motorsports.

Because of damage to one of its other cars at Indianapolis, the Schmidt team decided to use that championship car at Texas for the Firestone Twin 275s, the first dual races in major open-wheel racing in 30 years. Rookie driver Wade Cunningham drove the car, which had No. 99 on in Saturday night.

The car sustained significant damage when rookie driver Charlie Kimball pushed up the track and collided with Cunningham with 20 laps left in the first race at Texas.

NASCAR

Kurt Busch wins Pocono pole

Long Pond, Pa. — Kurt Busch’s reward for slapping the wall at practice was a backup No. 22 Dodge that was better than his regular ride.

For that, Busch had plenty of people to thank, starting with his team at Penske Racing.

“Just an honest thank you to my guys,” Busch said.

It’s been quite a reversal for Busch a month after he launched into a foul-mouthed tirade against his race team at Richmond. He made it it two straight poles on Saturday, turning a fast lap of 171.579 mph at Pocono Raceway.

Busch damaged his No. 22 Dodge in Friday’s practice and was forced to a backup car. He also spun at practice last week — a sort of bad luck-good luck habit. He wound up first last week at Kansas Speedway, then topped Jeff Gordon in one of the final qualifying runs at Pocono.