Switzerland routs U.S. in Gold Cup sendoff loss

The United States gave up 4 goals successful the archetypal fractional and looked unprepared for adjacent year's World Cup, getting routed by Switzerland 4-0 successful a affable connected Tuesday nighttime successful Nashville arsenic the Americans mislaid their fourth-straight crippled for the archetypal clip since 2007.

Dan Ndoye scored successful the 13th minute, Michel Aebischer successful the 23rd, Breel Embolo successful the 33rd and Johan Manzambi successful the 36th. The Americans person mislaid 4 consecutive location games for the 3rd clip and archetypal since 1988.

Switzerland won its 3rd consecutive lucifer and extended the U.S. winless streak against European opponents to 8 games since 2021. Fans astatine Geodis Park booed loudly arsenic the U.S. gave up 4 goals by the 40th infinitesimal for the archetypal clip since Nov. 9, 1980, astatine Mexico and the archetypal clip ever astatine home, according to Opta.

The lucifer was played 1 twelvemonth and 1 time earlier the 2026 World Cup co-hosted by the U.S. starts. Going into their Concacaf Gold Cup opener against Trinidad and Tobago connected Sunday, the Americans are 5-5 nether Mauricio Pochettino, who took implicit aft first-round elimination past year's Copa America led the U.S. Soccer Federation to fire manager Gregg Berhalter.

Ndoye burst down Nate Harriel to tally onto a done walk for the archetypal goal; Manzambi dribbled past Max Arfsten on the endline to permission Aebischer with a tap-in for the second.

Goalkeeper Matt Turner spilled Ricardo Rodriguez's changeable to permission Embolo an unfastened nett for the third; and a mix-up erstwhile Quinn Sullivan passed to Sebastian Berhalter arsenic the erstwhile coach's lad gaffe created a giveaway that led to Manzambi's archetypal planetary goal.

The U.S. had not mislaid 4 consecutive games since a five-game skid successful 2007. The Americans were missing Christian Pulisic, Yunus Musah, Weston McKennie, Tim Weah, Gio Reyna, Antonee Robinson, Tyler Adams, Folarin Balogun, and Sergiño Dest (regaining fitness).

Turner played his archetypal crippled for nine oregon state since March 23. Berhalter started successful his debut, and Brenden and Paxten Aaronson became the 4th acceptable of brothers to commencement for the U.S., and the archetypal since George and Louis Nanchoff successful 1979.

Pochettino made 9 changes from Saturday's 2-1 nonaccomplishment to Turkey, keeping lone Arfsten and midfielder Johnny Cardoso. The U.S. made 5 changes to commencement the 2nd fractional and Damian Downs made his debut successful the 75th minute.

Information from The Associated Press was utilized successful this recap.