The 3-0 win is not quite as impressive as the score line as the Americans look vulnerable on defense in first game of Berhalter’s second act.
But as late-day shadows crept across CityPark, the outlook grew leaden. The fizz was gone. Two blunders were almost costly. The Americans did prevail in the international friendly against Uzbekistan, 3-0, but tension remained high until Ricardo Pepi and Christian Pulisic scored in the dying moments.
Berhalter’s introduction of some subtle new ideas played into the sluggish performance for the Americans, No. 11 in FIFA’s latest world rankings. Uzbekistan, known as the White Wolves, did not have a lot of sustained possession but exposed vulnerability in the U.S. defense and pounced on mistakes by 35th-minute sub Tanner Tessmann and Ream late in the first half.After Khojiakbar Alijonov whipped a 20-yard shot off the crossbar, Matt Turner bailed out Tessmann and Ream with quality saves on free-running Eldor Shomurodov, Uzbekistan’s all-time leading scorer.
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