HAVANA — The New York Cosmos dominated Cuba 4-1 Tuesday in a soccer friendly meant to promote better relations between the United States and Cuba and demonstrate that baseball-mad Cuba is also becoming a soccer nation. International goodwill was on display as the US flag was unfurled on the pitch and the US national anthem played before the match, both rarities in Communist-governed Cuba. Cuba has not appeared in a World Cup since 1938. The Cosmos became the first US professional sports team to visit Cuba since detente in December, when US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro announced they would seek to restore diplomatic relations that were severed in 1961. — Reuters
