[nesn_embed service=springboard src="http://cms.springboardplatform.com/embed_iframe/899/video/1558689/nesn039/nesn.com/10"]

FOXBORO, Mass. -- Like a host of schoolkids in New England, the United States men's national soccer team went back to school when they rather would have enjoyed one more day of summer vacation.

Brazil trounced Team USA by a score of 4-1 in an international exhibition game Tuesday night at Gillette Stadium. Hulk, Neymar and Rafinha did the scoring honors for Brazil before Danny Williams notched a late consolation goal for Team USA.

U.S. head coach Jurgen Klismann took the heavy defeat on the chin, saying Brazil taught his team a hard lesson about soccer at the highest level.

"They gave us a lesson tonight," Klinsmann said in his postgame press conference. "Their tempo, their speed of play, speed of thought and speed of execution all those elements were very impressive. For us it was a huge learning curve. It was a completely different tempo they set and we couldn't go that tempo."

Many of Brazil's players ply their trades at leading clubs in Europe, and the ones that don't can target future careers on the continent in which the speeds of play are faster than what each U.S. player experiences on a regular basis.

Klinsmann was aware Brazil might administer a hard dose of reality to the U.S. players. The outcome was a copy of Team USA's worst home loss in four years under Klinsmann -- a 4-1 setback to Brazil in 2012.

Team USA will face Mexico next month in the CONCACAF Cup -- a one-game playoff to determine the region's representative at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. Klinsmann and his staff now must give his team a crash course in confidence boosting between now and Oct. 10.

Review our live blog of USA-Brazil >>

Thumbnail photo via Winslow Townson/USA TODAY Sports Images