AARHUS, Denmark—After yet another disappointing loss for the United States men's national team on Wednesday, the players are regrouping and getting ready to face 12th-ranked Switzerland on Tuesday night in Zurich.

In the 80th minute of Wednesday's game against Denmark the Americans held a 2-1 lead. At the final whistle Jurgen Klinsmann's men had lost 3-2. The team has given up a large number of late goals and hasn't looked good since the group stage of the 2014 World Cup.

Toronto FC forward Jozy Altidore didn't mask his feelings regarding the team’s inability to play well late in games.

“It's disappointing,” Altidore said. “It’s another game where we gave the game away in the last 10 minutes. You call it what you want. I could have made a better play on the last goal but looking as a whole, the goals we are giving up are just soft. We're not hard enough to play against. And it's just really disappointing to give the game away like that.

"It's just frustrating.” This pattern started in the World Cup when the United States conceded a late equalizer to Portugal in a 2-2 draw. Later in the tournament, Belgium scored twice in extra time in the round of 16 to eliminate the Americans.

In October, in the second post-World Cup friendly, the U.S. conceded late equalizers in draws against Ecuador and Honduras. In November, Colombia found a late winner against the U.S. while Ireland scored two late goals in a 4-1 rout. Earlier this year the Yanks conceding a late winner to Chile in a 3-2 loss.

“In the end, when the last 10 minutes go the way they do, everyone leaves with a very bad taste in their mouth,” Michael Bradley said. “Obviously for us it’s very disappointing because it’s not the first time we’ve let a game get away from us in the last few minutes and it’s something that we’ve got to start to learn from.”

Klinsmann recognizes the problem but has yet to implement a successful solution. So far, his emphasis on player fitness has not yielded results.

“Well obviously what you don’t like is late goals because maybe you lose focus for a second, just losing your mark, heavy legs, getting tired,” Klinsmann said. “You never want to give away a game where you’re up 2-1.”

“If you lead in the game you’re looking forward to manage it and hopefully get it over with for a win,” he also added. “If you leave the field empty [handed], then it’s a bit frustrating. This is how it goes. Obviously we have to correct a couple of things because you concede three goals. But overall, it’s just a little bit frustrating when you lose in the last minute.”

At issue regarding late game fatigue is the the U.S.'s inability to keep possession against quality opponents. The Danes enjoyed 64% possession in the first half; forced to chase the ball for so long, the Americans suffered from fatigue as the game progressed.

It's likely that U.S. players would have more energy late in games if they could possess the ball and make their opponents burn energy defending.

“We knew that Denmark is a very good possession-oriented team,” Klinsmann explained. “They move off the ball really well. What we had problems with the first half was to get pressure on the ball, to get closer to them in midfield, and shut them down in terms of their passing lanes and their space that they find.

"I think it was a bit better in the second half. We got closer to them. We denied them those little passed between the lines and that’s stuff that we have to deal with and do better on.”

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Brian Sciaretta is an American Soccer Now columnist and an ASN 100 panelist. Follow him on Twitter.