CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Feb. 3, 2017) – The U.S. Men’s National Team used Jordan Morris’ 59th minute strike to defeat regional rivals Jamaica 1-0 on Friday night at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tenn. The win marked the first victory of Bruce Arena’s second tenure in charge of the MNT.
The MNT would find the go-ahead goal just before the hour mark when a clever combination between Feilhaber and Morris saw the latter beat substitute goalkeeper Ryan Thompson to record his second international goal in the 59th minute. Lletget nearly doubled the lead 10 minutes later, but placed his headed effort straight at Thompson before the U.S. closed out the 1-0 victory.
Next on the Schedule: The U.S. MNT reconvenes for two crucial World Cup Qualifying matches on March 24 vs. Honduras in San Jose (10:30 p.m. ET; FS1, UniMas, UDN) and March 28 at Panama (Kickoff TBD; beIN Sports).
Lineups:
USA: 12-Luis Robles (22-David Bingham, 46); 19-Graham Zusi (capt.) (3-Brad Evans, 68), 15-Steve Birnbaum, 21-Walker Zimmerman, 14-Jorge Villafaña (7-DaMarcus Beasley, 86); 20-Dax McCarty (6-Darlington Nagbe, 63); 23-Chris Pontius (11-Alejandro Bedoya, 74), 10-Benny Feilhaber (4-Michael Bradley, 62), 18-Sebastian Lletget; 8-Jordan Morris, 9-Juan Agudelo
Subs not used: 1-Nick Rimando, 2-Greg Garza, 5-Chad Marshall, 17-Jozy Altidore
Head coach: Bruce Arena
Estados Unidos logró su primera victoria en la nueva era del tecnico Bruce Arena 1-0 ante Jamaica en partido amistoso disputado en Chattanooga, Tennessee, gracias a gol de Jordan Morris a los 59 minutos.
La seleccion de Estados Unidos se adelanto justo antes de la hora despues de una gran asociacion entre Feilhaber y Morris quien anoto apenas su segundo gol con la seleccion. Lletget estuvo cerca del segundo de Estados Unidos pero el portero Thompson lo evito.
Estados Unidos cierra así su preparacion para dos juegos cruciales en el hexagonal final de concacaf en el que buscara levantarse de 2 derrotas consecutivas cuando enfrente en San Jose el 24 de marzo a Costa Rica y a Panama el 28.