United attacked from the opening whistle, getting goals from four international players - Ryan Giggs (Wales), Paul Scholes (England), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands) and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Norway).

A capacity crowd of 79,005 - a record for soccer at Giants Stadium,- on both ends of the field, watched United win for the third time in as many matches on their US tour.

The crowd surpassed the 78,972 who showed up to watch the US in the Women's World Cup opener on June 19, 1999.

"I thought it was a fantastic game," United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said. "Both sides played an attacking game.

"I'm sure you saw the two best sides in Europe."

American goalkeeper Tim Howard, who signed with the English Premiership powerhouse only two weeks ago, acquitted himself well in his United debut on the same field where he forged his professional reputation.

Howard, 24, had played for the New York/New Jersey MetroStars in Major League Soccer for four seasons.

"I thought he was excellent," Ferguson said. "He showed the attributes we recognized in the boy before. It was a very good debut for him.

"I was hoping the boy would get a good debut because it was his hometown."

Howard won't start in United's final match of the tour against Barcelona in Philadelphia on Sunday.

"They told me that if I had a stinker tonight it would be only one game," Howard said. "If I played well in the back, it was only one game. You can't read too much into it. It's a good step in the right direction."

Howard's finest moments came midway through the second half with United nursing a 3-0 lead as Juventus brought in several attacking-minded players.

Howard certainly was up to the task, knocking away a pair of point-blank shots by Italian international Alessandro Del Piero and David Trezeguet only seconds apart in the 71st minute.

The first half featured end-to-end attacking soccer by both teams, although United definitely pushed forward more and placed more pressure on the Juventus goal.

United finally were rewarded for its efforts in the 24th minute after Scholes was fouled 24 yards out on the right side. Giggs then bent the enusing free kick around the Juventus wall and past goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon into the upper right corner of the net for a 1-0 advantage.

United doubled their lead in the 57th minute converting a short pass from Argentine Juan Sebastian Veron and knocked home a 12-yard shot with his left foot.

Veron, the subject of serious transfer rumors to Chelsea, set up United's third goal in the 60th minute. He sent an audacious clip pass with the outside of his right boot that Van Nistelrooy chested, brought down and blasted into the short side from eight yards.

"You saw two very special goals tonight -- by Giggs and Van Nistelrooy," said Ferguson, who called Van Nistelrooy "magnificent. When you score with such power, it becomes a feature of his game.... He's a magificent player."

Juventus coach Marcello Lippi had seen enough and replaced seven players at once in the 62nd minute. He used several key players he was resting for Sunday's Italian Super Cup against AC Milan here.

Pavel Nedved closed the gap to 3-1 in the 70th minute with Solskjaer connected from eight yards nine minutes later.

Before the match, a moment's of silence was observed before the match in memory of Juventus chairman Vittori Caissotti di Chiusano, who died earlier Thursday. Chiusano, who was 74, had been chairman of the team since 1990. The Juventus players stood in a line at the edge of center circle in silence.