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By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer
CINCINNATI — Christian Pulisic scored connected a glancing header with his archetypal interaction of the crippled successful the 74th minute, Weston McKennie added a extremity successful the 85th and the United States bushed Mexico, 2-0, connected Friday nighttime successful a World Cup qualifier.
After falling to the Mexicans, 2-1, successful November 2015 astatine Columbus, Ohio, the U.S. reverted to the accepted “Dos a Cero” scoreline that marked the 4 erstwhile location qualifying matchups from 2001-13 – each successful Columbus.
Still regaining fittingness aft spraining his near ankle connected Sept. 8 astatine Honduras, the 23-year-old Pulisic entered successful spot of Brenden Aaronson successful the 69th infinitesimal and lifted the U.S. into a first-place necktie with Mexico arsenic the 14-game last circular of qualifying reached the halfway point.
Yunus Musah, an 18-year-old emerging arsenic a cardinal American midfielder, passed to 21-year-old Tim Weah connected the close flank. Weah, the lad of Liberia president and erstwhile FIFA Player of the Year George Weah, crossed and Pulisic got successful beforehand of Johan Vásquez and headed the shot past goalkeeper David Ochoa for his 17th planetary goal.
Pulisic, making his 3rd substitute quality pursuing the wounded – the archetypal 2 were for Chelsea – ran to the extremity enactment and pointed astatine the American badge connected his jersey and jubilant red-white-and-blue-clad U.S. supporters erupted astatine TLQ Stadium.
McKennie, dropped from the roster for 2 matches successful September for violating squad COVID-19 protocols, scored aft exchanging passes with Jesús Ferreira, McKennie’s eighth planetary goal.
However, McKennie is suspended for Tuesday’s qualifier astatine Jamaica aft getting his 2nd yellowish paper of the competition, assessed successful the 68th for arguing with the officials aft they failed to telephone Mexico for fouling Aaronson.
The U.S. and Mexico person 14 points each atop the North and Central American and Caribbean region, 1 up of Canada and 3 successful beforehand of Panama. The apical 3 nations successful the eight-team radical suffice for adjacent year’s tourney successful Qatar and the fourth-place squad advances to a playoff.
The triumph was the 3rd this twelvemonth for the Americans implicit Mexico, pursuing a 3-2 triumph successful the Nations League last successful June – besides connected a Pulisic extremity – and a 1-0 triumph successful the CONCACAF Gold Cup last successful August.
Rain fell arsenic the crippled began successful a 42-degree chill, the coldest for a U.S. qualifier since the Snow Classico of March 2013, a 1-0 triumph implicit Costa Rica played successful 29-degree temperatures astatine Commerce City, Colorado.
Ochoa was booed with each touch, seemingly due to the fact that U.S. manager Gregg Berhalter said Thursday that quotes said to beryllium from Ochoa showed the Americans inactive had to summation Mexico’s respect.
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Panama rallied for a 3-2 triumph astatine last-place Honduras connected goals by Cecilio Waterman successful the 77th, César Yanis successful the 81st and Eric Davis successful the 85th. The Catrachos, successful their archetypal lucifer since Hernán Darío Gómez was hired arsenic coach, got goals from Alberth Elis successful the 30th and Brayan Moya successful the 59th. … Canada won, 1-0, against Costa Rica connected Jonathan David’s 57th-minute extremity successful Edmonton. … Michail Antonio scored successful the 82nd infinitesimal arsenic Jamaica drew, 1-1, astatine El Salvador, which got a 90th-minute extremity from Alex Roldán – a erstwhile Pico Rivera El Rancho High standout and the member of the Americans’ Cristian Roldan (also El Rancho).
Christian Pulisic, ace sub! The #USMNT prima heads location Tim Weah's transverse to marque it 1-0
(via @TUDNUSA) pic.twitter.com/phjEO6MsF0
— Planet Fútbol (@si_soccer) November 13, 2021
WESTON MCKENNIE MAKES IT 2-0, USA! 🇺🇸pic.twitter.com/qxiuTIOXlr
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) November 13, 2021
Guillermo Ochoa earlier #USAvMEX
“Mexico has been that reflector successful which they [the U.S.] privation to spot themselves and reflect, what they privation to copy."
Christian Pulisic: 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/UVSbHtTAfj
— Planet Fútbol (@si_soccer) November 13, 2021
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