BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP):

Jozy Altidore better hope his scoring touch is better than his language skills when the United States play Spain in the Confederations Cup semi-finals.

Altidore warned the European champions of the American threat through a text message sent to Villarreal teammate Joan Capdevila.

Capdevila got the message, kind of.

"Yesterday, he sent me a message and told me that we had to be careful," the Spain fullback said yesterday. "But his Spanish is not so great, so I think he made a mistake."

Spain have never lost in three meetings against the Americans and go into tomorrow's match at the Free State Stadium looking to set the record for the longest unbeaten run in world football at 36 games. Spain will also be looking extend their record-winning streak to 16 games.

Capdevila warned his fellow defenders not to underestimate Altidore, who hasn't scored at the eight-team World Cup warm-up event - his first tournament played since undergoing toe surgery in April.

"He was only half a year at the club before we loaned him out to Xerez," Capdevila said. "But he's 18 or 19, is very strong physically and has great speed."