ORLANDO — The U.S. Men’s National Team takes on Canada tonight (7:30 p.m., ESPN2) in a must-win showdown in Concacaf Nations League play.
The Americans were embarrassed by the Canadians 2-0 back in October, losing to its North American rivals for the first time in 34 years. Now Gregg Berhalter’s side will try to earn the first of two must-wins this break, without the likes of Christian Pulisic, Michael Bradley, and Zack Steffen.
Exploria Stadium should be rocking as the USMNT try to get back to winning ways. Canada has been exceptional this group stage so far, outscoring its opponents 9-0 in three matches. Alphonso Davies, Mark-Anthony Kaye, and Jonathan David will headline Marc Herdman’s squad.
Here are the lineups for tonight’s match:
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Enjoy the action.
U.S. second sub sees Deandre Yedlin replace Jordan Morris who is Man of the Match in my eyes. 87′
The Univisión guys agree with you and have given him MVP. “On fire” in the first half, “exhausted” now after having “given his all,” etc.
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Though Zardes has just given the naysayers one more little memento. 🙂
John Brooks shook Hoilett out of his shoes there. Strong performance tonight from the Wolfsburg man. 85′
Guzan makes another important save late. Still 3-1 in final minutes. 84′
Ream was the guilty party who lost Vitoria on the Canada goal. 83′
Zardes with a strong effort on goal, saved by Borjan. Wouldn’t have counted as Zardes was offsides. 75′
13,103 is attendance tonight in Orlando.
Steven Vitoria heads home and Canada pulls a goal back. Left at the back post and makes no mistake. 72′ #USAvCAN
USMNT sub: Sebastian Lletget makes way for Alfredo Morales. 69′
Correction; David remains on the field for Canada. Mark-Anthony Kaye is off.
Canada’s final subs; Junior Hoilett on for Lucas Cavallini, Stephen Eustaquio for Jonathan David. 61′
Zardes tees up Lletget who misses a good effort. Easily could’ve been 4-0. 55′
Piette’s cross goes from the left wing out to the right corner. 52′
Canada first sub; Doneil Henry off for Derek Cornelius 46′
Second half underway; how many more goals will we see?
Berhalter in one-sentence interview with Nico Cantor: “We’re making up for lack of precision through effort.”
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Taylor Twellman made much the same point on the other channel, pleased but concerned about several bad giveaways.
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Agreed. The energy and fight are finally there, but the technical side is lacking. With this lineup, that’s what you will get though.
If I understood correctly, the commentators are bemused as to why the Mexican ref seemingly penalized the Canadian keeper for handling after a back pass, because the last touch to him was headed, not kicked, which should be legal. Shot of Berhalter apparently making the same point on the sideline?
You can’t intentionally kick the ball in the air to head it to your keeper. It’s still considered a back pass. That’s exactly what Davies did.
Okay, thanks. They probably knew that and it was just the gaps in my Spanish.
HT: USMNT 3 – Canada 0. Goals from Morris, Zardes, and Long as the U.S. have dominated offensively in Pulisic’s absence. Easily could’ve been more too. Plenty more to come from Orlando.
Spot kick is eventually cleared. Not sure why the U.S. didn’t hammer it in. Into stoppage time now. 45′
U.S. direct kick in the box here. Davies headed back to Borjan but it is whistled. Borjan carded as well. 45′
Morris’ relentlessness has been great tonight. Something we didn’t see from the U.S. in Toronto whatsoever.
Sergino Dest with a great run down field before eventually getting a shot off. It misses wide but the fans love his energy and effort. 37′
Aaron Long makes it 3-0 as he heads in Tim Ream’s free kick into the left corner. U.S. running away with it now and its’s looked pretty simple. 34′
Morris with a sensational ball to Lletget who eventually wins the foul against Davies. 33′
Cavallini called for the foul on Guzan and the goalkeeper mouths something to him. Striker is already carded so has to be careful. 31′
Diego Balado says Berhalter should thank Herdman for playing Davies, because he keeps trying to go forward and opening up space in behind.
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The guys think the ref has been lenient with Brooks a couple of times now and he may be lucky not to be on a yellow.
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And yes, Marcelo Balboa is still calling him “Jonathan,” heaven knows why.
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Dest called for the foul on Laryea despite the fact both players were holding each other. 30′
Morris is coming back to help Ream against Davies and did pretty darn well in the first battle so far. 29′
Davies has switched to the right wing now going up against Ream.
Morris now has eight goals for U.S. in 38 appearances. Zardes 11 in 55.
3-5-2. When this team embraces defense and the counter, we are going to be a very dangerous nation to play against
2-0! Morris to Gyasi Zardes. Borjan didn’t beat Morris to the ball in the box and the in-form Sounders man crosses to Zardes who heads in his 11th goal in his 55th cap.
Dest is now 2 for 2 on one-on-ones against Davies. 23′
Piette’s free kick is gathered by Guzan who has had little to do so far for U.S. 17′
Good work by Dest to win the throw at least, but looked caught in two mins with what to do there. 16′
Morris, Lletget, McKennie all excelling early in the first half. Even Dest has held his own. 15′
Davies’ cross cannot get past Dest, but it does win Canada a corner. 14′
Brooks all over Jonathan David there. David wins the foul. Canada has struggled to hold onto possession early. 12′
A rare giveaway from Mark-Anthony Kaye almost leads to the U.S.’ second goal. Zardes’ header from Lletget’s cross was cleared. 11′
Cavallini was the one carded.
First yellow card after Yueill is caught from behind. Brooks didn’t like the tackle by Cavallini and bumped into him. Long was involved too. 9′
Strong defending from Sergino Dest in a one-on-one as the U.S. win a goal kick. Wins the first battle against Alphonso Davies.7′
Canada’s free kick leads to nothing as the cross was hit too far. Morris wins the foul as well. U.S. holding its own so far. 5′
Not bad! First set piece, Morris 1-0. 🙂
The U.S. are almost in again, but Arriola is whistled for offsides. 4′
Jordan Morris with the strong finish. 1-0 U.S. a low corner is hit by McKennie but pops up and falls to the in-form striker. Huge start for the U.S. 3′
First corner for the U.S. just over a min in. 2′
Some different players coming in tonight for the U.S. in a must-win game. Yueill and Ream the big two for me.
Not a good lineup. This is not a promising start, and they have not even started.
The lineup is awful. At least it’s not Trapp. Yueill is better, but we all know Morales would be the best. And Ream as LB again, or is it Brooks? I can only hope they are playing a 3-man back line if that’s the case. I’m at a loss. This is almost a parallel to the worst case I posted 2 days ago.
Good evening from Exploria Stadium as the USMNT host Canada in a must-win Concacaf Nations League match.