On the strength of their 1-0 win over Ecuador, they finish the FIFA window with the champions of the last two Copa Americas in Chile from Houston. Starting at 7:55 on ESPN2, UniMas & UDN or follow with Facebook, Twitter and IG accounts of the USMNT.
The players with local ties include Sean Johnson of NYCFC, Aaron Long of Red Bull, Matt Miazga of NJ and former Red Bull, Tim Ream a former Red Bull, Michael Bradley of NJ, a former Metro Star, Tyler Adams from NY, NYRB now with RB Lepzieg, Christian Pulisic, father from LI & Jonathan Lewis of NYCFC.
Gyasi Zardes provided all the offense necessary to give new HC Gregg Berhalter his 3rd straight win since taking over at the 81'. The staunch back line of Adams, Long & John Brooks limited their opponent to a solitary shot all game. The first half saw the hosts going at the goal a number of times and coming up empty handed to over an hour later having a 22 yard attempt on goal deflect off the defender and into the goal as the netminder was well out of position, Zardes now has 7 goals for the US. Many changes are expected as per the USMNT HC, who has played 2 dozen players with 20 starting. Berhalter with Bob Bradley are the only ones to win their first 3 games as the skipper, Gregg is thus far also unscored upon. Alkis Panagoulias in 1983-'84 went for a quartet of shutouts to open his time in the position. He ties for first in shuouts with another blank sheet as a win puts him alone in first to open at his position. Among the changes will be Adams and the injured Weston McKennie who has a left knee sprain as he lept, hit then landed jumping with an Ecuadoran player later in the game, expecting to miss many weeks with his club team of Schalke. Though not replaced those 2 are out as the roster count drops to 22. In that it is a new coach and staff with the US, it has been a busy time, "We have laid a lot of ground work in preperation for this camp. It entailed meeting with the players, video conferences with the players, conversations with the players, evaluating their games", informed Berhalter of his activities.