• Another dismal performance for Mauricio Pochettino and the U.S. men’s national team as they lose the third-place match on home soil. Next up, the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

5 – Jonathan David (2 goals, 3 assists) has five career goal contributions against the USMNT, more than any other player since his first match against the U.S. in October 2019. Difference. pic.twitter.com/UIUGacPMev

— OptaJack⚽️ (@OptaJack) March 23, 2025

• Tanner Tessman, Yunus Musah and Gio Reyna replace Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie and Tyler Adams.

Jesse Marsch visibly frustrated after being shown a red card and sent to the locker room in the Concacaf Nations League third-place match 🟥 pic.twitter.com/i93Qkgkzl7

— Golazo America (@GolazoAmerica) March 23, 2025

• Jonathan David puts Canada back on top with a close-range golazo after a defensive lapse by the U.S.
• A deserved goal.
• After the U.S. failed to play out of its own defensive third, Ahmed splits Tyler Adams and Weston McKennie with a pass to Jonathan David.
• Mark McKenzie, in a 1-v-2 situation in the box, stands off David, who finishes with his left foot.
• 2-1 to Canada.
• After Jonathan David slipped in the box — and after the Adams tackle, which was a more justified shout for a penalty — Marsch fumed and ran all the way onto the field, in front of the U.S. bench, raging at the referee.
• Had to be restrained by staff.
• The referee didn’t give it. Replays showed it was borderline.
• Nonetheless, it was a clumsy tackle from Tyler Adams, who hasn’t been good today (after being one of the few U.S. players who put in a respectable performance against Panama)

This first half has a January camp look and feel. It is more about emotion and mistakes than actual ability and design—it’s a tough watch.

Diego Luna is the most active and bright on both sides of the ball. #USMNT

— herculez gomez (@herculezg) March 23, 2025

• This has not been a good U.S. performance, by any stretch of the imagination.
• But Diego Luna did exactly what he was brought in to do: provide a spark.
• He picked up the ball on the right, came infield with it, released it, and continued his run all the way into the left half of the penalty box. There, he received it in stride, and poked a clever pass to Patrick Agyemang for the U.S. goal.
• Some questioned whether Luna could hang at this level.
• Consider those questions answered (at least for now, today). 1-1.

35′ – GOAL – Diego Luna with the pass to Pat who finds the back of the net!

— U.S. Soccer Men’s National Team (@USMNT) March 23, 2025

• The USMNT responds with a goal of their own after some remarkable playmaking by Diego Luna, who gets the ball to Patrick Agyemang inside the box for an easy look and blast into the net!

🇨🇦 Canada leads the U.S. in three straight games for the first time since 1985.

🇨🇦 Canada has scored first in consecutive AWAY games vs the U.S. for the second time. Other was two games in 1926 and 1957.

— Paul Carr (@PaulCarr) March 23, 2025