USA blank Japan while South Koreans draw Mexico in friendlies

AFP | Washington

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Alex Zendejas and Folarin Balogun scored to give the United States a 2-0 victory over Japan while Mexico battled South Korea to a 2-2 draw in international football friendlies.

Zendejas scored in the 30th minute and Monaco striker Balogun added an insurance goal in the 64th minute as the Americans improved to 7-6 with one drawn this year with the triumph before 20,192 at Columbus, Ohio.

“Just waiting for my moment,” said Zendejas, a winger for Mexico’s Club America. “It’s crazy to take all this in. I didn’t expect to get called up. Just trying to take advantage of every opportunity.”

In another football friendly on US soil, AC Milan striker Santiago Gimenez netted the equalizer in the fourth minute of stoppage time to lift Mexico into a draw with South Korea at Nashville, Tennessee.