updated 4:50 p.m. ET Aug. 20, 2007

GOTEBORG, Sweden - DaMarcus Beasley has heard the ugly racist chants screamed by fans in Europe, most recently in a Champions League qualifier in Montenegro two weeks ago.

“It didn’t feel good,” said Beasley, who is black. “It’s something that shouldn’t be in football. You can boo and whistle, but racist chants are disgusting. Hopefully we can do something do get that out of football.”

Beasley, a midfielder for Rangers in Scotland, spoke Monday after working out with his U.S. teammates leading to Wednesday’s exhibition game against Sweden.

Beasley scored his first goal for Rangers and was taunted by racist fans during a 1-0 victory over FK Zeta in Montenegro.

It’s a small minority of fans, “but at the same time you get it everywhere,” the 25-year-old Beasley said. “You get still get it in Spain. I got it in Belgrade (Serbia). I got it Montenegro and the Netherlands as well.”

But not in Scotland.

“I haven’t had it in Scotland,” Beasley said. “Hopefully, at some point it will stop in other parts of Europe.”

It’s also not likely to happen Wednesday, although racist taunts have occurred in a few Swedish league games.

The U.S. squad worked out on a windy and rainy afternoon at a small stadium in Goteborg — exactly 91 years after the United States played its first official game, an exhibition at Olympic Stadium in Stockholm. The Americans, who became a FIFA member two years earlier (1914), won 3-2.

Beasley last played for the national team in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final when the Americans beat Mexico in late June. He skipped the Copa America in Venezuela in July, as did most other Americans based in Europe.

“It was good to see the boys again,” Beasley said after the workout. “We’re coming along, it’s still a new era for us. We’ve got a lot of young players and a lot of guys who haven’t been with the national team for a while. But we had a good showing at the Gold Cup so we can build on that.

“I think as a team we’re a team. We don’t have one star, we have a very good team and we know how to win and can use it to our advantage.”

This will be the sixth meeting between the countries. Sweden has a 3-2 edge, winning last time at home 1-0 in 1995. The United States won the last game 1-0 in Orlando, Fla., in 1998 with Sweden fielding a second-string team.

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This time, Sweden will have it’s best team, including Inter Milan star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic as it prepares for its Sept. 8 European Championship qualifier against Denmark in Stockholm.

Sweden, which reached the second round in the last two World Cups and also qualified for the last two European Championships, leads its qualifying group for Euro 2008.

Except for forward Brian Ching of the Houston Dynamo, midfielders Landon Donovan of the Los Angeles Galaxy and Pablo Mastroeni of the Colorado Rapids and defender Jonathan Bornstein of Chivas USA, the American squad is made up of players in Europe, including eight who play in England and three in Germany.

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