By Steve Reed The Associated Press
May 31, 2026 - 3:06 pm
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Christian Pulisic ended a five-month scoring drought for nine and state with his archetypal planetary extremity since November 2024, Folarin Balogun broke a second-half necktie and the United States bushed Senegal 3-2 Sunday successful the Americans’ next-to-last World Cup warmup match.
Pulisic acceptable up Sergiño Dest’s opener successful the seventh minute, past made it 2-0 disconnected a Ricardo Pepi walk successful the 20th. Pulisic took a touch, rounded goalkeeper Mory Diaw and slotted into an unfastened nett from a choky space for his 33rd extremity successful 85 planetary appearances.
The apical American player, Pulisic had finished his AC Milan play scoreless successful a career-high 19 nine games since Dec. 28 and was without a extremity 8 consecutive U.S. matches. Pulisic ran to a country flag, dropped to his knees and repeatedly pumped his fists.
Sadio Mané scored doubly pursuing American mistakes, extending his Senegal grounds with 54 planetary goals. He bushed goalkeeper Matt Turner astatine the acold station successful the 44th disconnected a Habib Diarra walk that followed Antonee Robinson’s giveaway, past tapped the shot into the nett successful the 52nd aft Nicolas Jackson had lifted it implicit onrushing goalkeeper Chris Brady.
Brady entered among 10 U.S. changes astatine the commencement of the 2nd fractional successful his planetary debut.
Balogun, different second-half sub, had a extremity disallowed for offside successful the 49th, past got his ninth planetary extremity successful the 63rd aft Tim Weah’s transverse deflected disconnected a ft of Moustapha Mbow.
The No. 16 U.S. plays 10th-ranked Germany connected June 6, six days earlier the Americans unfastened the tourney against Paraguay. No. 14 Senegal faces Saudi Arabia successful a June 9 affable and commencement against France connected June 16.
The American starting lineup averaged 44 planetary appearances, the team’s highest since the October 2017 nonaccomplishment astatine Trinidad and Tobago that ended the U.S. streak of 7 consecutive World Cup appearances, according to Opta.
Turner, the American starting goalkeeper astatine the 2022 World Cup, made conscionable his 2nd U.S. quality since a 4-0 nonaccomplishment to Switzerland past June.
In the lack of Chris Richards, sidelined by an ankle injury, the U.S. started Alex Freeman, Mark McKenzie and skipper Tim Ream successful a 3 halfway backmost formation. Gio Reyna made his archetypal commencement for nine oregon state since Dec. 19.
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