What is the story about?
Here’s a bullet-point rundown of USA player performances this weekend (Friday through Sunday). Players are divided by position groups (which helps my depth-chart-oriented brain process this information most usefully). Stats are from FotMob.
Strikers
- Folarin Balogun (25) scored a goal in AS Monaco’s 2-0 friendly win over Pisa on Friday.
- Julian Hall (18) played 65 minutes and scored a goal in the USA’s 3-0 win over Mexico on Saturday.
- Justin Ellis (19) played 25 minutes off the bench and missed a big chance against Mexico.
- Damion Downs (22) was an unused sub for USA against Mexico.
Wingers/attacking mids
- Malik Tillman (24) played 88 minutes and scored a goal in the Mexico game.
Malik’s goal:
- Gio Reyna (23) played 82 minutes and created a chance against Mexico.
- Cavan Sullivan (17) became the youngest USA player to ever start against Mexico, played 65 minutes and scored his first USA goal (becoming the youngest player to score for the USA) against Mexico. Cavan was rated Man of the Match by FotMob.
Cavan had a nice nutmeg.
Cavan’s goal:
We got a comp of Cavan’s performance courtesy of Jack Stephen:
Another comp:
- Mathis Albert (17) played 2 minutes off the bench against Mexico.
- Zavier Gozo (19) and Cole Campbell (20) were unused subs against Mexico.
Center mids
- Weston McKennie (28) played 68 minutes and created a chance in Juventus’ 0-1 friendly loss to Cremonese on Friday.
- Tyler Adams (27) played the full 90 the USA-Mexico game.
- Sebastian Berhalter (25) played 82 minutes and created a chance against Mexico.
Berhalter got a shove here to earn a red card for Mexico:
Close-up of the shove Berhalter received:
- Yunus Musah (23) played 25 minutes off the bench and created a chance against Mexico.
- Brooklyn Raines (21) played 8 minutes off the bench against Mexico.
- Adri Mehmeti (17) was an unused sub against Mexico.
Fullbacks
- Alex Freeman (22) played the full 90 in the USA-Mexico game.
- Antonee Robinson (29) played the full 90 and created a chance against Mexico.
- Peyton Miller (18) played 8 minutes off the bench and created a chance against Mexico.
- Sergiño Dest (25) and Frankie Westfield (20) were unused subs against Mexico.
Center-backs
- Chris Richards (26) played the full 90 in the USA-Mexico game.
- Auston Trusty (28) played the full 90 against Mexico.
- George Campbell (25) and Neil Pierre (18) were unused subs against Mexico.
- Miles Robinson (29) was in camp but did not dress for the Mexico game.
Goalkeepers
- Julian Eyestone (20) played the full 90 and made 5 saves in Rotherham’s 0-1 loss to Exeter City in League Two on Saturday.
- Diego Kochen (20) made his first USA start (the first time since 1972 that a USA goalkeeper’s first US start came against Mexico), played the full 90 and made a save in the USA-Mexico game.
Not sure I agree with the analysis here, but it does show Kochen’s reaction on a Mexico chance:
Kochen’s big second-half save:
- Matt Freese (28) and Brian Schwake (25) were unused subs against Mexico.
- Chris Brady (22) was in camp but did not dress against Mexico.
What were your takeaways? Hit the comments to discuss.
