{"id":9269,"date":"2026-03-29T11:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/9269\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T11:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T11:00:11","slug":"usmnt-player-ratings-vs-belgium-concerns-for-mauricio-pochettino-amid-one-positive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/9269\/","title":{"rendered":"USMNT Player Ratings vs Belgium – Concerns for Mauricio Pochettino Amid One Positive"},"content":{"rendered":"

The USMNT<\/a> has lost 5-2 to Belgium in a friendly match at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. After an impressive first half from the USMNT, Belgium responded in the second half with three goals to complete a comeback win.<\/p>\n

In the first half, Weston McKennie scored the opener for Team USA from a corner kick. McKennie took advantage of bad defending from Belgium and tapped the ball past Senne Lammens.<\/p>\n

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Just before halftime, Matt Turner saves a shot from Jeremy Doku, and from the save, Zeno Debast takes a low driven shot from outside the box to tie the game.<\/p>\n

In the second half, Amadou Onana takes a first-time shot in the box that goes past Turner to make it 2-1 to Belgium. Six minutes later, Charles De Ketelaere scored the third for Belgium from the penalty spot after a handball from Tim Ream.<\/p>\n

Dodi Lukebakio scored the fourth after a great move past Max Arfsten and curled his shot from the edge of the box. Lukebakio scored his second of the day after a poor clearance in the box from Sebastian Berhalter.<\/p>\n

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Ricardo Pepi managed to capitalize on a mistake from Belgium, and Patrick Agyemang scored past Lammens.<\/p>\n

The USMNT attack looked threatening in the first half, with Christian Pulisic<\/a> taking three shots during the match, but none were on target. Pulisic struggled to make a significant impact on the attack.<\/p>\n

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Christian Pulisic #10 of the United States is challenged by Alexis Saelemaekers #22 of Belgium during the International Friendly match between United States and Belgium at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on March 28, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton\/Getty Images)Photo by Jared C&period; Tilton&sol;Getty Images<\/p>\n

(Photo by Jared C&period; Tilton&sol;Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Weston McKennie and Antonee Robinson were among the few players who could keep their heads high after this 5-2 loss to Belgium, with McKennie scoring the opener and Robinson assisting the goal and being a threat through the left flank.<\/p>\n

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Antonee ‘Yedi’ Robinson was seen as a positive for the team as Belgium looked threatening from the left side, where Jeremy Doku completed three dribbles.<\/p>\n

USMNT Player Ratings Vs Belgium<\/p>\n

Sebastian Berhalter – 4\/10<\/p>\n

The USMNT will play against Portugal on Tuesday at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Mar 28, 2026, where it first appeared in the Soccer<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The USMNT has lost 5-2 to Belgium in a friendly match at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. After an impressive…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4568,3924,5413,4542,7,5403,4561,4548,5421,4559,4531,5419,4549,4553,4557,4562,4540,6142,4554,335,4560,4551,2061,4555,4539,4543,4529,4564,5414],"class_list":{"0":"post-9269","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-belgium","8":"tag-alex-freeman","9":"tag-alexis-saelemaekers","10":"tag-amadou-onana","11":"tag-antonee-robinson","12":"tag-belgium","13":"tag-charles-de-ketelaere","14":"tag-christian-pulisic","15":"tag-cristian-roldan","16":"tag-dodi-lukebakio","17":"tag-folarin-balogun","18":"tag-gio-reyna","19":"tag-jeremy-doku","20":"tag-joe-scally","21":"tag-johnny-cardoso","22":"tag-malik-tillman","23":"tag-mark-mckenzie","24":"tag-matt-turner","25":"tag-mercedes-benz-stadium","26":"tag-patrick-agyemang","27":"tag-portugal","28":"tag-ricardo-pepi","29":"tag-sebastian-berhalter","30":"tag-senne-lammens","31":"tag-tanner-tessmann","32":"tag-tim-ream","33":"tag-tim-weah","34":"tag-usmnt","35":"tag-weston-mckennie","36":"tag-zeno-debast"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}