On paper, the USA gave the impression to be the superior staff. On the sector, that they had no drawback displaying it.
Of their Copa America Group C match, the USMNT defeated Bolivia 2-Zero at AT&T Stadium in entrance of a crowd of 47,873 on Sunday.
Workforce USA made historical past by beginning 11 gamers from golf equipment in Europe's prime 5 leagues for the primary time in an official event.
The Stars and Stripes efficiency introduced the “USA…USA…USA!” sing to life in an environment that foreshadows what the 2026 World Cup shall be like on the dwelling of the Cowboys.
Sunday's sport pits two groups dealing with very totally different realities in opposition to one another.
Bolivia shouldn’t be an enormous energy on the earth of soccer. It’s ranked 84th out of 210 international locations within the FIFA rating. Bolivia has solely participated in three World Cups, the final being in 1994 when the USA hosted the event.
The US ranks 11th.
Within the present qualifying spherical for the 2026 World Cup, Bolivia is the final of the 10 South American international locations looking for six World Cup tickets.
Bolivia's squad has 18 gamers drawn from simply three membership groups within the nation's First Skilled Division.
Solely 5 gamers of the Bolivian staff play overseas. Two in Brazil, one in Russia, one in Switzerland and another with Spain's Barcelona B.
The US has 23 of the highest 26 gamers in prime European leagues.
The distinction between each groups was evident, and barely three minutes into the match, Christian Pulisic opened the scoring for the USMNT with a spectacular shot contained in the field.
The US simply dominated the match, which made the Bolivian gamers present their frustration by always fouling the American gamers.
In lower than three minutes, Italian referee Maurizio Mariani needed to present yellow playing cards to Leonel Justiniano and Luis Haquin for tackling Gio Reyna.
Within the 43rd minute, Folarin Balogun scored the second purpose for the USA.
Within the 64th minute, Ricardo Pepi, the previous participant of FC Dallas, entered the sector, as a substitute of Balogun.
Pepi, now with PSV Eindhoven within the Netherlands, obtained a robust reception from the group.
Pepi nearly scored within the 66th minute when Antonee Robinson made a run from the left to ship a cross into the field, permitting Pepi to shoot however the ball went extensive.
Pepi had one other nice probability to attain within the 89th minute, however Bolivia goalkeeper Guillermo Viscarra made a prodigious save.
The USMNT's subsequent sport is Thursday in opposition to Panama at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
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