Mauricio Pochettino’s first journey to Mexico as U.S. males’s nationwide group head coach ended as a forgettable one.
Mexico handed the USMNT a 2-0 loss in Guadalajara on Tuesday evening, which marked the primary defeat of the Pochettino-era. Raul Jimenez scored the opening objective from a well-taken free kick within the first half earlier than Cesar Huerta added an insurance coverage objective for Javier Aguirre’s males 4 minutes after the interval.
El Tri legend Andres Guardado featured for the ultimate time on the worldwide degree, incomes his 182nd cap.
Jimenez broke the impasse within the twenty first minute, sending a right-footed free kick into the top-right nook. Matt Turner guessed accurately on his dive however was unable to disclaim Jimenez his thirty fifth worldwide objective for El Tri.
Aidan Morris’ foul on Roberto Alvarado led to Jimenez’s free kick alternative.
Huerta prolonged El Tri’s result in 2-0 4 minutes into the second half. Jimenez’s sliding problem on Tim Ream led to a free ball discovering Huerta, who made no mistake by drilling a low shot into the bottom-left nook.
It marked the Pumas winger’s third worldwide objective.
Regardless of the second-half arrivals of Haji Wright, Brandon Vazquez, Tanner Tessmann, Alex Zendejas, and Kristoffer Lund, the USMNT failed to seek out the again of the online.
Vazquez’s close to submit effort within the eightieth minute was punched away by Luis Malagon, serving because the USMNT’s greatest offensive likelihood of the evening.
The end result snapped the USMNT’s seven-match unbeaten run in opposition to El Tri throughout all competitions.
Pochettino’s males will return to motion this November within the 2024-25 CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal spherical. Whereas no official announcement has been made but, it appears seemingly that Jamaica will oppose the People within the two-legged collection this November.
