Things will be much more hard on Tuesday night (8, FS1) as they host Trinidad & Tobago (3-2-0, 1 in Group C) at Jacksonville’s EverBank Field. He can glide by people nearly effortlessly.
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After playing two games in four days, the Yanks finished with 10 goals scored and none conceded.
“We’re not through yet”, Klinsmann said.
Kljestan put the USA ahead in the 44th minute, and Altidore doubled the lead off Fabian Johnson’s cross in the 59th. He passed to Pulisic, whose cross was knocked out by Khaleem Hyland to teammate Radanfah Abu Bakr. Pulisic, 17, had an assist in a dominating performance.
As Bradley noted, November is a good time for the US players to meet their longtime nemesis: Those coming from MLS teams are fit after just completing the regular season, and the European- and Mexican-based players are three months into their club campaigns.
His second came off a ideal cross from Pulisic from the left, as the Toronto striker lurked at the back post and pounced when the pass flashed across the front of goal. 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. For the 21-year-old Tijuana attacker, it was a second goal in two appearances, having also found the net in his debut in a friendly against Puerto Rico in May.
Altidore was on the money in the 59th minute to double the lead for the hosts, taking a Fabian Johnson pass, turning and powering a right-footed shot past Phillip to become the all-time World Cup qualifying goalscorer for the Americans.
“We added some young players to the fold”. “It would be nice to get that out of the way, perform well, put some points on the board and then put some pressure on them”. They make us a little more dynamic. We’re shifty. We’re able to press.
“We thought, it’s a good time now”.
They can only hope it continues against Mexico.
Now the US will turn their attention to the Hex, which begins on November 11 against rivals Mexico at home. “We’ll see how it pans out”.
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Two-time World Cup veteran Howard returns to EverBank Field, the venue where he earned his 100 cap in the MNT’s 2-1 victory against Nigeria in 2014, ready to collect another career milestone on Tuesday night. Thus, after 5 rounds at the USA asset 10 points at a difference of 16 goals 3 and this is the second place in the standings. Luis Tejada converted a 90th-minute penalty kick for the visitors. Trinidad and Tobago (11 points) has already clinched.
