USMNT loses 3rd straight in friendly with Turkey

Turkey took vantage of a sloppy defence to bushed the United States 2-1 successful a rainy affable connected Saturday, dealing the Americans their 3rd consecutive nonaccomplishment arsenic Arda Güler and Kerem Aktürkoglu scored successful a 2-minute, 20-second span midway done the archetypal half.

Jack McGlynn scored 59 seconds successful for the U.S., which was missing galore regulars arsenic manager Mauricio Pochettino revamped his roster pursuing a dismal show astatine the Concacaf Nations League last 4 successful March.

With a twelvemonth to spell earlier co-hosting the World Cup, the U.S. plays Switzerland connected Tuesday astatine Nashville, Tennessee, successful different friendly, past opens the Concacaf Gold Cup against Trinidad and Tobago connected June 15.

The Americans dropped to 5-4 nether Pochettino, who took implicit aft first-round elimination past year's Copa America led the U.S. Soccer Federation to occurrence manager Gregg Berhalter. They person mislaid 3 consecutive for the 2nd clip successful a year.

Pochettino is the archetypal USMNT manager since Jurgen Klinsmann successful 2015 to suffer 3 games successful a row.

Pochettino changed 8 starters from the Nations League nonaccomplishment to Canada successful March, keeping lone near backmost Max Arfsten, winger Diego Luna and guardant Patrick Agyemang.

Defender Alex Freeman, a 20-year-old lad of erstwhile NFL All-Pro receiver Antonio Freeman, started successful his U.S. debut. Matt Freese, a starter astatine Major League Soccer's New York City FC, made his debut successful goal. Matt Turner, the accustomed starter since 2022, didn't play for Crystal Palace aft March 1.

McGlynn scored erstwhile helium ran onto a walk from Malik Tillman, took respective touches, chopped wrong and curled a left-footed changeable from conscionable extracurricular the punishment country wrong the acold station for his 2nd extremity successful 5 planetary appearances. It was the earliest U.S. extremity since Shaq Moore scored 20 seconds successful against Canada during the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup.

Turkey tied it successful the 24th infinitesimal erstwhile Freese tapped the shot to Johnny Cardoso, whose walk ricocheted disconnected a limb and past Freese for Güler's 5th planetary goal.

Then successful the 27th, Miles Robinson tried to wide Oğuz Aydın's changeable and the shot went to Aktürkoglu, who one-timed a bouncing changeable past Freese for his 12th planetary extremity and sixth successful 8 games.

Turkey goalkeeper Berke Özer besides made his planetary debut. Preparing for the commencement of its World Cup qualifying run successful September, Turkey has six wins, 1 nonaccomplishment and 1 gully successful its past 8 games.

Information from The Associated Press was utilized successful this report.