The choice of EUnited States beat this Wednesday 3-0 at Moroccowith Achraf Hakim starting, in a friendly match in preparation for the 2022 Qatar World Cup played at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Midfielder Brenden Aaronson, from Salzburg, Timothy Weah, from Lille, and Haji Wright, from Antalyaspor, scored goals for Gregg Berhalter’s team, thus opening a cycle of friendships that will continue next Sunday against Uruguay in Kansas City.
Chelsea winger Christian Pulisic started with Dallas striker Jesús Ferreira of Colombian origin, while Juventus Turin midfielder Weston McKennie arrived on the field in the second half.
In Morocco, former Madrid player Achraf Hakimi, currently right at Paris Saint Germain, was the starter, while Youssef En Nesyri, Sevilla striker, played in the final 25 minutes.
As part of the ‘One Nation’ initiative, announced Wednesday by the American Soccer Federation to support the LGBTQ+ community, Berhalter’s team wore a special shirt with numbers in rainbow colors.
He will again wear those colors in the friendly against Uruguay, while he will wear his traditional jersey in the Nations League match against Grenada due to CONCACAF regulations.
The US team is experiencing significant growth under Berhalter’s direction and qualified for the World Cup in Qatar after not playing in Russia in 2018.
They were drawn into Group B along with England and Iran, whose final team has yet to be decided through the play-off process. Morocco also got the ticket for Qatar 2022 and paired with Group G along with Belgium, Croatia and Canada.
Source: La Verdad
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