Antuna, Mexico breeze by Cuba

Uriel Antuna had a hat trick, and Raul Jimenez scored twice as top-seeded Mexico cruised to a 7-0 rout of Cuba at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., on the opening day of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Antuna was a late addition to the roster after Jorge Sanchez was injured during a friendly last week. The 21-year-old Los Angeles Galaxy forward was making only his third appearance for the national team.

Antuna opened the scoring in the third minute when Jimenez’s shot hit the right post, and he buried the rebound. He made it 4-0 in the 44th minute when goaltender Sandy Sanchez was caught out of position on a breakaway and completed the hat trick after Sanchez made another diving save but was unable to clear it for Mexico’s final goal in the 80th minute.

Jimenez , who plays for Wolverhampton in the Premier League, scored in the 31st and 64th minutes.

Diego Reyes and substitute Alexis Vega also scored for Mexico, which will face Canada — a 4-0 winner over Martinique — on Wednesday at Denver. In other news:

• Midfielder Duane Holmes was dropped from the U.S. Gold Cup roster because of a recurrence of a left quadriceps strain and replaced by midfielder Djordje Mihailovic. The U.S. Soccer Federation announced the change four days after the Americans replaced injured midfielder and defender Tyler Adams with Reggie Cannion. Coming off a 1-0 loss to Jamaica and a 3-0 defeat to Venezuela, the U.S. opens its Gold Cup title defense against Guyana on Tuesday at St. Paul, Minn., in the Americans’ first competitive match since the October 2017 loss at Trinidad and Tobago that ended a streak of seven World Cup appearances.