In their first competitive match since their World Cup loss to Belgium, and their penultimate match under Mauricio Pochettino, the US soundly handled Haiti in Nations League play by a final score of 6-0. The match started out more slowly than the final score would indicate with the US tallying just once in the opening half, the goal coming on an Auston Trusty header off a Sebastian Berhalter free kick in the 10th minute. Diego Kochen had to make a big stop in the 15th minute to keep things level
but the US would dominate possession and go into the half up 1-0.
The US would come out flying in the second half with Julian Hall scoring his first goal in a competitive match for the USMNT, Christian Pulisic would score a brace, and Weston McKennie and Folarin Balogun would add to the tally as well. A second Haiti opportunity would be called back due to a narrow offsides, saving Kochen some embarrassment after coming out of his goal but failing to clear, and the match would finish 6-0.
It was an eventful match and included first time caps for goal scorer Julian Hall as well as Justin Hall, Adri Mehmeti, and Mathis Albert who would come in as second half substitutes.
Thanks to the result, the US will go into the second leg of their Nations League quarter-final matchup needing simply to not loose by six goals in Mauricio Pochettino’s final match to move on to the semi-finals next March.
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