USMNT 2 – Panama 0, international friendly

The USMNT beat Panama 2-0 in Austin to open the October international window. Yunus Musah scored in the 49th and Ricardo Pepi doubled the lead four minutes into stoppage time. Matt Turner kept the clean sheet with three saves. The United States closes out the window on Tuesday at Mexico (10:30pm ET – TNT).

“It was a tough game,” USMNT defender Antonee Robinson told TNT Sports. “Credit to Panama, they made it really difficult for us to play at times. They were really physical. But I feel like in this period where we’re starting to learn the new coach’s ideas and what not, that we executed pretty well.”

— GAME REPORT —

Match: United States Men’s National Team vs. Panama
Date: October 12, 2024
Competition: International Friendly
Venue: Q2 Stadium; Austin, Texas
Attendance: 20,239
Kickoff: 8:07pm local (9:07pm ET)
Weather: 84 degrees; clear

Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA 0 2 2
PAN 0 0 0

USA – Yunus Musah (Christian Pulisic) 49th minute
USA – Ricardo Pepi (Haji Wright) 90+4

Lineups:
USA: 1-Matt Turner; 22-Joe Scally, 4-Mark McKenzie, 13-Tim Ream (Capt.), 5-Antonee Robinson (23-Kristoffer Lund, 67); 14-Gianluca Busio (15-Tanner Tessmann, 67), 7-Aidan Morris,; 6-Yunus Musah (21-Alex Zendejas, 85), 11-Brenden Aaronson (17-Malik Tillman, 78), 10-Christian Pulisic (19-Haji Wright, 67); 24-Josh Sargent (9-Ricardo Pepi, 67)
Substitutes not used: 16-Patrick Schulte, 18-Ethan Horvath, 2-Auston Trusty, 8-Weston McKennie, 12-Miles Robinson, 20-Brandon Vazquez
Head coach: Mauricio Pochettino

PAN: 22-Orlando Mosquera; 4-Fidel Escobar, 24-Edgardo Fariña (14-Jiovany Ramos, 61), 25-Roderick Miller (5-Abdiel Ayarza, 78); 23-Michael Murillo, 6-Cristian Martínez (16-Carlos Harvey, 70), 8-Adalberto Carrasquilla (20-Aníbal Godoy, 70), 2-César Blackman; 10-Edgar Bárcenas (Capt.) (13-Freddy Góndola, 70), 9-Eduardo Guerrero (17-José Fajardo, 69), 7-José Luis Rodríguez
Substitutes not used: 1-John Gunn, 12-César Samudio, 11-Tomás Rodríguez, 18-Ricardo Phillips, 19-Iván Anderson, 26-Kahiser Lenis
Head coach: Thomas Christiansen

Stats Summary: USA / PAN
Shots: 11 / 13
Shots on Goal: 4 / 3
Saves: 3 / 2
Corner Kicks: 6 / 5
Fouls: 8 / 9
Offside: 2 / 3

Misconduct Summary:
None

Officials:
Referee: Katia Garcia (MEX)
Assistant Referee 1: Sandra Ramirez (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Karen Diaz (MEX)
4th Official: Cesar Ramos (MEX)

Credit: Bob Daemmrich – ZUMA Press Wire – ISIPhotos.com