United States 1, Chile 1 | Summary of the international friendly 2019

The US men's national team remains undefeated under Gregg Berhalter, although she faced reality in Houston on Tuesday night.

A wealthy and hard-working Chile gave the USMNT all it could handle in a 1-1 draw at Houston Dynamo's BBVA Compbad Stadium. He dominated possession of the ball and created twice as many shots as his hosts. La RojaThis habitual pressure has repeatedly disrupted US efforts to create a game at the back.

Christian Pulisic started the evening in style, placing the USMNT in the lead less than five minutes after the opening whistle, after a staging work by Gyasi Zardes. The star of Borussia Dortmund, however, sank into a grimace later in the half with an apparent injury to the thigh, leaving the American fans to worry about his health again.

Chile responded to the goal in a few minutes. A quick combination between Arturo Vidal, Nicolas Castillo and Charles Aranguiz shredded the American defense and allowed Oscar Opazo to arrive from the left channel and shoot an oblique shot at Ethan Horvath to tie the game.

More than 80 minutes later, Chile was generally the protagonist, but a few substitutions in the second half stabilized the USMNT midfielder and allowed them to score a draw that leaves Berhalter's record at 3- 1 as attention turns to this summer's Gold Cup. .

goals

• 4 – United States – Christian Pulisic
• 9 – CHI – Oscar Opazo

Three things

• THE GREAT IMAGEThe good echoes of the first few months at Berhalter 's head were always going to come up against a setback, and the reigning champions of the Copa America were a logical author to inflict it. The coaching philosophy of the new coach was to be tested with a high octane rating and this game will give him and his staff a lot to chew on.
• MOMENT OF THE GAMEAnyone who thought that Pulisic's first strike announced another confident victory in the United States was about to crush when Opazo capitalized on a sustained sequence of careless defenses:

• MAN OF THE GAME: Zardes served his best game of the evening of the USMNT, but in the end, this award belongs to Michael Bradley, who pbaded with confidence and efficiency in the face of the dizzying pressure from Chile and deserved a winning penny for his precise delivery to Corey Baird in the 44th minute.
  

  Michael Bradley tonight: pic.twitter.com/asv7rWBZTq

  – Paul Carr (@PaulCarr) March 27, 2019