USMNT vs. Jamaica, 2024 Concacaf Nations League Quarterfinals: Match thread
The United States Men’s National Team take the field for the first competitive matches under Mauricio Pochettino when they take on Jamaica in the first leg of the Concacaf Nations League quarterfinals. The USMNT enter The Office, one of the more difficult places to play in all of Concacaf, to take on the Reggae Boyz.
The team enters needing a pick-me-up after losing to Mexico on the road last month. The USMNT only have 4 wins in 2024, and all of them have come in the state of Texas (3 at JerryWorld in Arlington, 1 in Austin). They need to figure out how to get a result against a Jamaica team that almost beat them back in March and has been inching upwards in terms of form.
Getting a win in Kingston would allow the USMNT to have some breathing room when they return home to play the second leg in St. Louis on Monday. If they can’t get a result, the pressure is on to win in order to advance in a tournament where they are the only team to ever touch the trophy. It should be a fun match in a pretty loud Office tonight!
USA vs. New Zealand
Advertised Kick-off Time: 8:00pm Eastern, 5:00pm Pacific
Venue: Independence Park, Kingston
Available TV: TNT (English), truTV (English), Universo (Spanish)
Available streaming: Max (English), Peacock (Spanish), FuboTV (Free Trial)
Sorta stoked to watch, even if I don’t know how it plays out
And thanks for the thread, Donald!
I had a hunch that McKennie might get a run out at playmaker, but dear Buddha, what the fuck is Tessman doing in a starting lineup in an important game?
He’s a touch less, position less, talentless lunk. He is broad, and that’s about it. Fuck.
As usual the pitch condition is bad at The Office in Jamaica who are pressing high to start.
Pepi! Its 1-0 in the 5′ to the US. Pulisic played him through and Pepi beats the goalie far post.
I didn’t realize that he’d gotten starts and goals recently for PSV, and about time he got some minutes
Well, Pepi may not be a supersub going forward, great run and finish
Robinson unable to finish what looked to be an easy chance
Pulisic skies it off a good cutback by Mckennie. Good early chance creation, but gotta put them in when you’re dominating
And penalty to Jamaica committed by Turner. Clear pen.
That forward dribble was pure, away-in-Jamaica chaos
TURNER SAVES THE PK!!!
Wow, what a stuff
Gotta say, do not like the idea of endless stoppage time in Kingston, let’s get this game chugging
Cardoso is down off the ball…that’s never a good sign.
Tillman is coming on for Cardoso after 20 minutes due to injury.
Interesting to see who that pushes into DM
Huh, looks like Tillman is actually in the double pivot, would not have guessed that would be the move
Bailey phases through Tessman’s space. Martino seems very complimentary of a player I’ve seen nothing from
It worries me that McKenzie is the best we’ve got next to an agin Ream. Once Tim’s gone, this could be a glaring weakness
Donovan Pines? How’s he doing across the pond anyone know?
I’ve come to think of Pines as a player with magnificent physical gifts and some really tough weaknesses, including an unfortunate center of gravity, and underdeveloped fine motor skills in the box
According to TransferMarkt he has has 12 appearances, 2 goals, 2 yellows, and 1 red in 691′ across all competitions so far this season for Barnsley. He’s only gone 90 mins in 3 of those 12 games (2x in League One, and 1x in EFL Cup).
Wow, that’s a lot of goals for a CB in that time. I will say, Daryl Dike has really led me to distrust form for that club
2/(691/90) = ~0.26 goals per 90
According to Google Search AI Overview the average G/90 for a CB is 0.1. So for a CB that is quite a clip that Pines has.
Jamaica pressing the US high and keeping us pinned in our own half at the moment.
You mean when they’re not hitting the deck?
true…
Tessman skies it from long range….no where close.
Martino is losing his mind for him, I do not get it. He’s a handsome dude, but not that good looking
Ref letting a lot of contact go
THIS IS CONCACAF!!!
You’re right, silly me
4 mins of stoppage seems about right with injuries, the sub, and a penalty.
Will be interesting to see the final stoppage numbers, though
Wow talk about a late offside call….
Now McKennie is down for a couple minutes, but is back up thankfully.
Hope Weston’s alright, Jamaica going in for some… unconventional challenges
I mean its CONCACAF….its to be expected no
I haven’t seen any nipple twisting, the CONCACAF gods are not pleased! 😉
Ref calls it right on 4 mins of stoppage.
Well, I guess that’s why we love the game. Could have been 2 or 3 up, yet lucky to have the lead at half after a sensational pk save.
Not that I want this to be a shootout, but we need more goals.
Its a 2 leg series…I don’t think they go to PKs after this leg if tied…but the US has 1 away goal which is massive.
Oh, I didn’t mean a pk shootout. Meant a two way sprint fest with a lot of goals.
And we need more goals just for the result, this could descend into chaos without insurance
Its a CONCACAF game a descent into chaos at some point is almost guaranteed.
Normally, I’d say anything but a humiliating chaos loss in Kingston should be taken to the bank… but this team is playing a pure home and away knockout, and I’d love to not have to thrash them at home when Blake is still Blake
I know this isn’t the point of the game, but I honestly never thought I’d see Mason Holgate play a game I would watch again
McKennie picks up a yellow.
I don’t think he needed to make that foul and take the card there.
Real dumb one, too. Shirt pull in the opponents’s final third? Yeesh
If McKennie’s challenge was yellow then that should’ve been a yellow for the Jamaican player just now.
Is it just me, or does Pulisic look a little physically funny/different this game?
A little, but I don’t know exactly how…
Me neither, but a little disconcerting, just visually
Geez, this sub on the left side for Jamaica thinks he prime Ronaldo. Thankfully wrong so far
A yellow is shown to Damian Lowe for Jamaica. This game is getting CONCACF flavored feisty.
Yeah, might want to take McKennie off, not exactly a cool head in these situations
Plus, would like to see Busio
Okay that one was too close for comfort just now.
Wow. How the fuck did Holgate not put that in
I guess the answer is Musah. Good lord
You know what, we got away with a Ream handball, at least in real time
That was practically tricep volleyball.
As things get scrummy on the field
Apparently not clear enough for VAR to intervene after the ref says it was shoulder.
I’d be livid if it was my team, that was def not shoulder on the replay
Robinson is picking up a yellow for the US and Bailey picking up a yellow for Jamaica.
Very finely poised, this disciplinary situation
Vasquez for Pepi and Busio for McKennie in the 71′. 1 sub window and 2 subs left for the US.
Jamaica with a period of sustained pressure keeping the US pinned in our defensive 3rd.
Tessman fouled way after he passed the ball. How is that not a yellow with how late that tackle was?
Mason Holgate gets a yellow for a reckless challenge for Jamaica.
Vital headed interception by Matt Turner, yet another yellow for Jamaica soon after
It’s nice to know, that even with international reinforcements, Jamaica away is still wrestling a greased up hog on meth
And its just not the poor quality of the pitch either. Jamaica is always feisty and a hard battle.
Meaning, this fixture cannot be refined with European experience, it’s just chaos
Vasquez with a first timer, but its right at the goalie.
Yeah, I don’t think he’s a real depth chart challenger.
Mason Holgate picks up a 2nd yellow and is sent off with the red.
A really dumb foul by Holgate.
Yep
Trusty for Tessman and Zendejas for Musah.
Think it’s smart, Zendejas in particular has the touch and possession instincts to kill this game off, even if he hasn’t shown a killer edge going forward
Jamaica has the speed to still be lethal on the counter down to 10 men, so we need to be careful.
Hasn’t been remarked upon yet, but the team has not approached this with the stupidity we saw under Berhalter, no acres of space to run into and the CB’s running toward their own goal on default
4 mins of stoppage seems about right
In the former era, absolutely. A bit strange to see it in the modern age
Apparently we have a ref with his head screwed on straight unlike the most recent Men’s world cup.
Tillman draws a yellow from Hayden for Jamaica.
Geez. Good result, take a shower, boys. Think you’re walking away with most of the turf attached to your outfits
And, as much as I hate to admit it, Tessman did not have a horrific showing as I expected. I’m not sold that he should get minutes over Busio, but he was not the weak link in a collapse