Kingston. Ricardo Pepi scored thanks to a pass from Christian Pulisic in the fifth minute, Matt Turner saved a penalty and the United States won 1-0 this Thursday on their visit to Jamaica, in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Nations League. Concacaf.
It was the Americans’ first official match under the direction of Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino.
The return is scheduled for Monday in San Luis. The winner advances to the semifinal on March 20 in Inglewood, California. The United States won the first three editions of the tournament.
Jamaica finished a man down after Mason Holgate received his second yellow card for pushing Brandon Vázquez in the 86th minute, ten minutes after his first booking for kicking Gianluca Busio.
Pulisic started the scoring play when he received a pass from Johnny Cardoso and dribbled toward the center of the field. Pepi beat Amari’i Bell in pursuit of the forward pass and took a slightly awkward shot, which however hit the far post and went into the goal defended by Andre Blake. It was his twelfth goal in 32 international appearances.
Pulisic became the 33rd player to reach 75 appearances for the United States. While Pepi is the fourth American to score 12 international goals before turning 22, after Landon Donovan, Jozy Altidore and Pulisic.
A ball given away by Joe Scally caused Costa Rican referee Juan Gabriel Calderón to award a penalty. Kasey Palmer sent a serve to Shamar Nicholson, who spun around Mark McKenzie and was brought down by Turner, who dove to his right to deflect Demarai Gray’s shot in the 14th minute.
Pochettino took charge of the United States after Gregg Berhalter was fired following a first-round exit at the Copa America. It started with a couple of friendlies last month.
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