Christian Pulisic scored twice, Ricardo Pepi added a late goal and the United States beat Mexico 3-0 to reach the CONCACAF Nations League final against Canada.
The victory, which ran the Americans’ unbeaten streak against Mexico to six games, also earned the U.S. a berth in Sunday’s championship game with Canada, a 2-0 winner over Panama in the first semifinal. Mexico will face Panama in Sunday’s third-place game.It also baptized Balogun in a rivalry that is less a game than it is a border war fought over a 110-yard grass battlefield. It’s less about trophies than it is about national pride, more about culture than it is about competition.
Folarin Balogun asked FIFA for a one-time change of affiliation to play for the U.S., not England. He could make his debut Thursday against Mexico in a Nations League semifinal. But a month ago the 21-year-old cast his lot with the Americans, becoming the most important dual in more than a decade to do so.
, whose 59 appearances for the U.S. made him the most experienced player in the American lineup Thursday.minute when he lured Mexican keeper Guillermo Ochoa off his line, then chipped a right-footed shot well over the open net. Pulisic doubled the margin with a breakaway goal a minute into the second half, a score set up by Timothy Weah, who outran Mexican defender Victor Guzmán up the right wing before bending a perfect right-footed cross into the center of the box for a sliding Pulisic, who deflected the ball in with his left foot.minute and closed out the scoring three minutes later, becoming the only Mexican to score on the night.
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