The U.S. men’s national team cruised to a 5-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago in their 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup opener, courtesy of a Malik Tillman brace as well as goals from Patrick Agyemang, Brenden Aaronson, and Haji Wright.
Let’s dig into a match the U.S. completely dominated.
"Just what the doctor ordered"
That was Christian Pulisic’s Instagram caption earlier this week, which also featured a sun emoji – and it was true of the American performance on Sunday afternoon in sunny San Jose, California.
Dialogue surrounding the national team in recent weeks has centered on who is not representing the United States this summer, particularly the face of the program. The commentary about Pulisic has ratcheted up in the last few days after a podcast appearance with CBS where the U.S. star revealed he wanted to join the USMNT for the pre-Gold Cup friendlies. According to Pulisic, Mauricio Pochettino and his staff chose not to call him up at all. "I fully respect that. I didn't understand it, but it is what it is," Pulisic said.
