The national eleven will be landing this Sunday night in Toronto, ready for their final preparations for Tuesday’s friendly against Canada.
Two goals in the second half were the difference and the Panama Senior National Team ended up losing 2-0 against the national team USAin a friendly match played last Saturday, October 12 at the Q2 Stadium, in Austin, Texas.
The goals for the American squad were scored by Yunus Musa at minute 49 and Ricardo Pepi to 94 to seal the first victory of the era Mauricio Pochettino in his debut as coach of the Stars and Stripes team.
For Panama, those led by DT Thomas Christiansen They created multiple scoring chances and even had more shots than the locals, however, the lack of effectiveness in front of the rival goal and the good interventions of the American goalkeeper Matt Turner prevented the Panamanian team from opening the scoring.
In total, the Panamanian squad recorded 13 shots against 11 by the North American team, but only 3 on goal against 4 on goal by the US.
It was the third defeat in six games against the USA for coach Christiansen with Panama for a balance of 2 wins, one draw and 3 losses.
The next challenge for the National Team will be this Tuesday, October 15, when it faces its counterpart from Canada, at the BMO Field, in Toronto, in its second friendly of the FIFA date.
In the case of the USA, the Americans will be traveling to Guadalajara to face Mexico, also this Tuesday, October 15, in a friendly duel between the so-called big teams of CONCACAF.
Both teams are preparing for their matches for the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Nations League, to be played on the FIFA date in November against rivals to be confirmed.
Itinerary
The National Team carried out a recovery day this Sunday in the morning hours at their concentration hotel with the entire group.
Later in the afternoon, the team will be taking a short flight from Austin to Dallas and then traveling to their final destination in Toronto, Canada, where they are expected to arrive around 10:50pm.
For this Monday, the team will be carrying out the official recognition of the BMO Field field, at 7:00 pm, local time.
Technical sheet
USA: Matt Turner; Mark McKenzie, Tim Ream, Joe Scally, Antonee Robinson (K. Lund, 67), Yunus Musah (A. Zendejas, 85), Aidan Morris, Gianluca Busio (T. Tessman, 67) Christian Pulisic (H. Wright, 67) Brenden Aaronson (M. Tillman, 67), Josh Sargent (R. Pepi, 67). DT Mauricio Pochettino (ARG)
Panama: Orlando Mosquera; César Blackman, Roderick Miller (A. Ayarza, 78), Fidel Escobar, Edgardo Fariña (J. Ramos, 61), Michael Murillo; Cristian Martínez (C. Harvey, 70), Adalberto Carrasquilla (A. Godoy, 70), Édgar Yoel Bárcenas (F. Góndola, 70), José Luis Rodríguez, Eduardo Guerrero (J. Fajardo, 69). DT Thomas Christiansen (DEN).
Goals: Y. Musah (USA) at 49 and R. Pepi (USA) at 94.
Sede: Q2 Stadium, en Austin, TX
Attendance: 20,239 fans
Referee: Karen García (MEX)
Photos: Courtesy/US Soccer
