Trinidad & Tobago’s Levi Garcia (16) and United States’ Jozy Altidore (17) battle for possession of the ball during the first half of a CONCACAF World Cup qualifying soccer match, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, in Jacksonville, Fla. Having played 5 rounds, the USA beat St. Vincent and the Grenadines 6: 1 and 0: 6, Guatemala 4: 0, and also shared the points in the first game against Trinidad and Tobago 0: 0 and lost Guatemala 2: 0.
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Altidore’s second-half brace put the match comfortably away after the U.S. took a 1-0 lead into the break. Altidore would tally two goals in the 59th and 62nd minutes, with the first moving him past Clint Dempsey to become the MNT’s all-time leading scorer in World Cup Qualifying.
Attendance for men’s USA soccer at EverBank Field has been steadily increasing over their last two appearances.
You might have missed the game, since it was broadcast on something called BeIN sport on Friday afternoon of Labor Day weekend, but the US men’s national team (3-1-1, 2 in Group C) got back to work with a 6-0 win at good old Arnos Vale Stadium vs. St. Vincent & the Grenadines (0-0-5, 4 in Group C). Sacha Kljestan and Paul Arriola bookended Altidore’s scores with one each of their own in the 44th and 71st minutes, respectively. The only way the US would fail to join that group is if it lost Tuesday and Guatemala beat St. Vincent and the Grenadines while overcoming a 12-score deficit in goal differential with the U.S. “We badly want to win this game”, he said.
“I think in general it’s important to give younger players time and have that patience, and when the moments are there, give them minutes”, Klinsmann said. Jozy Altidore broke through up the right side and sent a cross through the six yard box.
“We make sure he grows with the more experienced older players, and it’s wonderful to see that”, Klinsmann said. The Hex brings something of a re-set, but there was a fluency and potency in attack in this match that the United States will want to replicate in the coming months as they seek to secure their place in Russian Federation. The Borussia Dortmund product brought in a pass from Sacha Kljestan on the wing before cutting inside to rip a shot on goal that was knocked away by Trinidad goalkeeper Marvin Phillip.
Head coach Stephen Hart has lamented Trinidad and Tobago’s lack of ruthlessness, following their dramatic 2-2 draw with Guatemala in the CONCACAF fourth round of 2018 World Cup qualifiers here Friday.
Pulisic assisted on Altidore’s second goal.
The Soca Warriors threatened early as Seattle Sounders defender Joevin Jones drive from just outside the penalty area was grabbed by Tim Howard in the seventh minute.
Pulisic likely will be one of the first players off the bench, a role he welcomes for now.
“We see ourselves on the right path”. “When I have a feeling to give him a go, I will give him a go”.
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Mexico has clinched the top slot in Group A and will visit the Group C victor (United States or T&T) on November 11. He scored his first professional goal in the Bundesliga in April and then became the USA team’s youngest goal-scorer in the modern era in May.
