Canada 2-1 USA (Sep 7, 2024) Recreation Evaluation - ESPN

The United States males’s nationwide workforce suffered its first residence loss to Canada in 67 years, because it continued its struggles from this summer season’s Copa América in Saturday’s pleasant in Kansas Metropolis, Kansas.

In its first recreation since exiting the Copa América on the group stage and the next removing of Gregg Berhalter as head coach, the U.S. was properly overwhelmed by its neighbors to the north.

The two-1 win was Canada’s second victory over the USMNT on U.S. soil in 27 video games, and first since 1957 in St. Louis.

Whereas Mauricio Pochettino is anticipated to imminently be introduced as Berhalter’s high-profile alternative, the U.S. was beneath the interim cost of former assistant Mikey Varas. Canada, in the meantime, continued to show its upward trajectory beneath one other former U.S. assistant coach, and onetime candidate for U.S. head coach, Jesse Marsch.

Canada, which reached the semifinals of its first Copa in July, was notably dominant within the first half. Jacob Shaffelburg scored the opening objective within the seventeenth minute and Canada might have been a couple of objective up on its listless opponents by half-time.

A deserved second objective arrived for Canada by ahead Jonathan David simply earlier than the hour-mark. Although the Individuals had been improved after halftime and Luca de la Torre‘s first worldwide objective halved its deficit within the 66th minute, it was not sufficient to keep away from the USMNT sinking to a 3rd straight loss.

The U.S. will subsequent face New Zealand in Cincinnati on Tuesday.

The USMNT’s 23-game residence unbeaten streak towards Canada had been its longest such run towards any opponent. However there was little proof of that historical past as Canada outshot a static U.S. 11-1 within the first half.

Columbus goalkeeper Patrick Schulte made his second worldwide begin and displaced Matt Turner, who hasn’t performed a membership match since April 2. Tim Ream began following his switch from Fulham to Charlotte.

No MLS gamers had began within the prior six matches and simply eight of 198 beginning positions have been been stuffed with MLS gamers within the 18 matches through which the total pool has been out there because the 2022 World Cup.

Canada went forward when Schulte lingered on the ball after a backpass and performed it large to Ream, whose cross upfield to Johnny Cardoso bounced away from the midfielder and was picked up by Stephen Eustáquio. He performed the ball to David, who performed a first-time cross to Shaffelburg. He took a contact and slid the ball previous Schulte’s left hand for his fourth objective in 17 worldwide appearances.

Canada scored the primary objective towards the Individuals within the U.S. for the primary time in 19 video games since 1985.

David scored after taking Ream’s giveaway and centering to Cyle Larin. Kristoffer Lund‘s problem knocked the ball to David, who beat Schulte to the close to submit from 7 yards. David’s 29 objectives matched Larin for the Canadian all-time scoring document.

Six U.S. gamers had been held over from the Copa América loss to Uruguay: Ream, fellow defenders Chris Richards and Joe Scally, midfielder Yunus Musah and forwards Folarin Balogun and Christian Pulisic.

Info from The Related Press and ESPN Stats & Info contributed to this report.