For the third time in 2018, the U.S. Men’s National Team is set for friendly action.
The U.S. faces off with CONMEBOL representative Bolivia at Talen Energy Stadium in Chester, Pa. on Monday. This will be the first action for the USMNT since a 1-0 friendly win over Paraguay back in March. Youth is the highlight of Dave Sarachan’s roster this time around, with the average age of the 23-man squad being 22 years old.
Eric Lichaj captains the USMNT for the first time in his career, while Antonee Robinson, Alex Bono, Erik Palmer-Brown and Josh Sargent are each earning their first caps. Christian Pulisic headlines the starting XI, while Tim Weah and Weston McKennie also get the nod.
The boys in 🔴⚪️&🔵. Here's how our young squad will line up for #USAvBOL.
Lineup notes » https://t.co/hXJivOtHZ6 pic.twitter.com/nfdOsDJcRT
— U.S. Soccer Men's National Team (@USMNT) May 28, 2018
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Enjoy the action.
Full time from Talen Energy Stadium as the youthful USMNT takes down Bolivia 3-0. Walker Zimmermann, Josh Sargent, and Timothy Weah all net their first senior goals for the Stars and Stripes. Eric Lichaj and Antonee Robinson both were solid at their respective positions, while Weston McKennie was huge as well. Expect some more changes coming with trips to Ireland and France coming in the next two weeks. A lot of positives to take from this match, the question is whether the U.S. can build from this going forward. We shall see.
Five minutes of second-half stoppage time. 90′
Green tries his luck from inside of the box, but an easy save for Lampe. 89′
Another sub for U.S. Jorge Villafana comes on for Pulisic who gets a huge ovation. 88′
Pulisic was down after taking a ball to the head, but is now up. Surprised he has been in this long with trips to Ireland and France approaching. 86′
Parks lines up a shot from 20 yards out but misses high. 83′
Love the tricky free kick by Bolivia 50 yards out on the sideline, very effective.
Love WKs physicality. Clearly the MX guys are a step behind everyone else… not much real competition there, doesn’t really translate to the international game. Lichaj meh, won’t be relevant next cycle. Robinson has some potential. Just goes to show how poor of a job Bruce did at the end of the day.
A flicked header by Parks goes in the direction of Novakovich but the forward cannot gather. 75′
Crossed shot by Bolivia is gathered easily by Alex Bono. 74′
U.S. subs: Lynden Gooch and Matthew Olosunde on, Eric Lichaj and Rubio Rubin off. 73′
Some strong hold up play by Novakovich to force a corner kick. Reading loanee definitely doing the dirty work. 73′
Parks with a nice move to force a save out of Lampe, but needed more power. 71′