In playful moments, the USMNT’s new youth movement is already paying off
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After a crushing World Cup exit, 11 debutants and two teenage scorers are giving the program renewed verve Subscribe to our free newsletter for US soccer fans Follow Guardian Soccer on Instagram and TikTok The fans who witnessed the United States’ 4-1 thrashing of Peru in Orlando on Saturday did not have to wait long to get their flashbulb moment.
It came just four minutes into the match, only moments after 19-year-old Orlando City attacker Justin Ellis headed home the US opener. Ellis, making his first appearance for the US, sprinted toward the near corner to celebrate, then turned and faced the US supporters in the north end of Inter. co Stadium – a supporters’ section nicknamed “the wall”. Quickly, he was joined by…
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