United States men’s national soccer team held to another draw in World Cup qualifier vs. Canada
missing the 2018 tournament.
Aaronson tapped in Antonee Robinson’s low cross from the left to break the scoring deadlock. Six minutes later, Alphonso Davies beat DeAndre Yedlin to the ball, sprinted downfield and passed the ball across goal to center forward Cyle Larin for the equalizer.
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Here are a few observations from the Concacaf World Cup qualifier in Nashville:
Brenden Aaronson scores for the USMNT
The U.S. goal sequence started with Christian Pulsic holding up the ball in midfield. He fought off Canadian opposition, passed the ball ahead to Kellyn Acosta, who played a lead pass to the sprinting Robinson, who assisted to Aaronson.
Aaronson has scored four goals for the U.S. But the three previous goals for the 20-year-old were scored in friendlies.
tied with the U.S. on Thursday.
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