USA thrash Uruguay 5-1 in friendly rout

AFP | Los Angeles

Email : editor@newsofbahrain.com

The United States scored their most impressive win of Mauricio Pochettino’s reign with a 5-1 thrashing of Uruguay in an international friendly on Tuesday.

A first-half goal blitz from Pochettino’s side laid the foundations for an emphatic victory in Tampa against Marcelo Bielsa’s overwhelmed Uruguay line-up.

World Cup co-hosts the United States raced into a 4-0 lead just before half-time thanks to a goal from Sebastian Berhalter, two goals from Alex Freeman and a 42nd-minute strike from Diego Luna.

Although Giorgian de Arrascaeta pulled a goal back in first-half stoppage time for Uruguay, Pochettino’s team completed the rout with a 68th-minute Tanner Tessmann goal.

It was the first time the United States has ever scored five goals against a World Cup-winning nation and was further evidence that Pochettino’s squad is on an upward curve after a bumpy start to the Argentine coach’s reign.