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Balogun, Zendejas lead United States to big win over Japan

The United States picked up a big win over Japan in a friendly at Lower.com Field in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday night -- a result that gives Mauricio Pochettino's side some good news to end the September international window.

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Head to Head

USA leads series 2-1

Lineups

USA · 3-4-3

  1. 1Matt FreeseG
  2. 3Chris RichardsCD
  3. 13Tim ReamCD-L
  4. 15Tristan BlackmonCD-R
  5. 24Cristian RoldanCM-L
  6. 4Tyler AdamsCM-R
  7. 18Max ArfstenLM
  8. 16Alex FreemanRM
  9. 20Folarin BalogunF
  10. 10Christian PulisicCF-L
  11. 17Alejandro ZendejasCF-R

JPN · 3-4-2-1

  1. 12Keisuke OsakoG
  2. 25Hayato ArakiCD
  3. 5Yuto NagatomoCD-L
  4. 16Hiroki SekineCD-R
  5. 17Joel Chima FujitaCM-L
  6. 21Kaishu SanoCM-R
  7. 11Daizen MaedaLM
  8. 26Henry MochizukiRM
  9. 19Koki OgawaF
  10. 13Yuito SuzukiCF-L
  11. 14Junya ItoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 23' Álex Zendejas (USA) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 30' Goal! USA 1, Japan 0. Álex Zendejas (USA) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Max Arfsten with a cross.
  3. 35' Koki Ogawa (Japan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Japan. Ayumu Seko replaces Yuto Nagatomo.
  5. 61' Yuito Suzuki (Japan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 62' Substitution, Japan. Takumi Minamino replaces Yuito Suzuki.
  7. 62' Substitution, Japan. Kaoru Mitoma replaces Daizen Maeda.
  8. 62' Substitution, Japan. Daichi Kamada replaces Joel Chima Fujita.
  9. 64' Goal! USA 2, Japan 0. Folarin Balogun (USA) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
  10. 65' Substitution, USA. Diego Luna replaces Álex Zendejas.
  11. 66' Substitution, USA. Sergiño Dest replaces Tyler Adams.
  12. 66' Substitution, USA. Jack McGlynn replaces Christian Pulisic.
  13. 66' Substitution, USA. Luca de la Torre replaces Max Arfsten.
  14. 73' Substitution, Japan. Yukinari Sugawara replaces Koki Ogawa.
  15. 73' Substitution, Japan. Shuto Machino replaces Henry Mochizuki.
  16. 79' Substitution, USA. Damion Downs replaces Folarin Balogun.
  17. 84' Substitution, USA. Nathan Harriel replaces Tristan Blackmon.

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