The Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino This Thursday he achieved his first victory in an official match as coach of USA by defeating Jamaica 0-1 in the first leg of the quarterfinals of League of Nations of Concacaf. A goal from Ricardo Pepi in the 5th minute was enough for the US to secure victory at the National Stadium Independence Park in Kingston.
The second leg will be played this Monday at Energizer Park in St. Louis (Missouri, USA). The USA has won the trophy in the three editions held so far of the Concacaf Nations League. Although this will be Pochettino’s first official match, the coach has already made his debut on the US bench in two friendlies in October: they beat Panama 2-0 and lost to Mexico in the same result.
Tonight’s winning goal for the Stars and Stripes team came thanks to a beautifully filtered pass from Christian Pulisic, who found Pepi to send the ball into the net with a tight cross shot. Another of the names of the match for the USA was goalkeeper Matt Turner, who saved a penalty in the first half to preserve a 0-1 lead for his team.
The worst news is the injury of Johnny Cardoso, because the Betis player, who started tonight in the USA, had to leave the field in the 21st minute and leave his place to Malik Tillman. Jamaica went down to ten men when Mason Holgate was sent off in the 86th minute.
Pochettino was announced on September 10 as coach, replacing Gregg Berhalter and will lead the North American team towards the main event in 2026, when the USA organizes the World Cup with Mexico and Canada.
Source: La Verdad
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