The United States looked completely uncomfortable, outplayed for long stretches of the game, and had to thank Matt Turner for literally saving them from further embarassment against a proactive Japan side to go down in a shutout loss at the Merkur Spiel Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany, on Friday.
Less than 2 months before the 2022 World Cup gets underway, the US Men’s National team will take the field against fellow participants Japan in Düsseldorf on Friday, for the first of their two final tune-up games.
U.S. men’s national team head coach Gregg Berhalter unveiled his 26-man roster for the final pre-World Cup games against Japan and Saudi Arabia which are set to be played on European soil on September 23 and 27.
As the U.S. men’s national team prepares for the World Cup in Qatar, a report has recently surfaced stating that arrangements are being made to schedule September friendlies against Japan and Saudi Arabia in Europe.
Ghana, the Netherlands, and Japan await the U-20 U.S. women’s national team in Group D as the draw for this summer’s FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup took place in San Jose, Costa Rica, on Thursday.