#ustrend #webstory USA 1-0 Jamaica (November 14, 2024) Match evaluation #darakhonline

Ricardo Pepi scored in the fifth minute from a pass from Christian Pulisic, Matt Turner saved a penalty and the USA defeated Jamaica 1-0 in Kingston on Thursday evening in the

quarterfinal first leg of the CONCACAF Nations League, the Americans' first competitive game under coach Mauricio Pochettino .The second leg of the total goals series is Monday in

St. Louis and the winner advances to a semifinal on March 20 in Inglewood, California. The United States won the first three editions of the tournament.Jamaica ended a man down

after Mason Holgate received his second yellow card in the 86th minute for pushing Brandon Vázquez, 10 minutes after his first yellow card for kicking Gianluca Busio.Pulisic

scored the decisive goal when he received a pass from Johnny Cardoso and dribbled into the middle of the field. Pepi stormed past Amari'i Bell, ran towards the ball, took it in

hand, but mistimed his shot but fired the ball past goalkeeper Andre Blake's far post, scoring his 12th goal in 32 international appearances.Pulisic became the 33rd player to make

75 US appearances. After Landon Donovan, Jozy Altidore and Pulisic, Pepi is the fourth American to score twelve international goals before the age of 22.Joe Scally's free kick

resulted in Jamaica being awarded a penalty by Costa Rican referee Juan Gabriel Calderon. Kasey Palmer passed to Shamar Nicholson, who spun around Mark McKenzie and was dragged to

the ground by Turner. The goalkeeper dove to his right to save Demarai Gray's penalty kick in the 14th minute, Turner's third save in eight penalties in the U.S. goal.Ricardo Pepi

scored the United States' winning goal against Jamaica in the Concacaf Nations League.Malik Tillman replaced the injured Cardoso in the 20th minute.Pochettino took charge of the US

after Gregg Berhalter was sacked for a Copa America first-round exit and started two friendlies last month.Pochettino made six changes to the starting lineup from last month's 2-0

loss to Mexico, bringing in McKenzie and midfielders Weston McKennie, Tanner Tessmann and Cardoso, as well as Pulsiic and Pepi.McKennie received a yellow card in the 50th minute

for knocking Leon Bailey down by the back of his jersey. Antonee Robinson and Bailey received yellow cards in the 69th minute after the teams got into a shoving confrontation.Aidan

Morris will miss both games after spraining his right knee in training. Brenden Aaronson had flu-like symptoms and skipped the trip, instead traveling to Missouri before the second

half of the season.Tim Weah was serving the second game of his two-game ban for a red card at the Copa America for punching Panamanian Roderick Miller.Jamaican striker Michail