The U.S. men’s soccer team booked its place in this summer’s Concacaf Nations League final four on Monday with a 1-0 win over El Salvador that was effective if not as pretty as hoped for.
Pepi promptly produced the breakthrough in the 62nd minute. McKennie sprung him free with a superb pass through El Salvador’s defense, and Pepi broke away for a pretty chip over goalkeeper Mario González.narrowly missed last year’s World Cup squad“I think it was important personally for me and the team, you know — we needed to win at home, and we wanted to make the fans happy,” Pepi told the TNT broadcast after the game. “Happy, to be honest.
Taylor Booth and Luca de la Torre were next to enter, replacing Reyna and Yunus Musah, respectively, in the 72nd. In stoppage time, Brazilian-American Johnny Cardoso made a cameo appearance replacing McKennie. They didn’t produce another goal, but El Salvador rarely threatened. The U.S. ended the night with 16 shots to La Selecta’s four, even though just four of the U.S.’ attempts were on target.
The Nations League final four will be played June 15-18 in Las Vegas, at the Raiders’ NFL stadium. The U.S. and Mexico have qualified, and the other two teams will be set Wednesday when Canada hosts Honduras and Costa Rica hosts Panama. Ties would see Canada and Panama qualify. Because the final four matchups are set by total points earned in the group stage, winners in both of Wednesday’s games would see the U.S. play Mexico in the semis. That’s not how it’s supposed to work, but Mexico earned it by gaining just two wins and two draws from its group games.
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