USMNT dominates Trinidad and Tobago, 5-0, in Gold Cup opener

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The Male National of the United States soccer The team made the statement to start their Gold Cup Concacaf group game on Sunday by dominating Trinidad and Tobago, 5-0, at Paypal Park in San Jose, California.

All the conversation leading to the Gold Cup was Christian PulisicThe USMNT star who defended his reasoning to refrain from playing in the Gold Cup after his year with AC Milan. Former players and fans called Pulisic, and that was certainly harmful to the list that would play on Sunday.

This team, however, clearly did not listen to the outside noise when they put themselves in business against “T&T” to launch their calendar of group D.

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The United States striker Malik Tillman reacts to score a goal in the first half in a Gold Cup 2025 group game in Paypal Park in San Jose, California. (Darren Yamashita-Imagn images)

It was Malik Tillman, the 23-year-old who plays for the PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands in the Eredivisie League, obtaining the USMNT on the dashboard with his first international goal in the 16th minute.

Jack McGlynn managed to arrive because he was patient in the 18 yard box of T&T, passing a defender and lifting a cheeky pass to Tillman, who buried him for the first goal of the tournament.

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But Tillman did not finish in the first half. He started to sprint when Diego Luna took advantage of a bad pass from a T&T defender, providing support if Luna wanted to pass. This is exactly what he did when Tillman did the separation, and he did it 2-0.

The USMNT was not finished in the first half while Patrick Agyemang died a Luna shot three minutes after Tillman’s second goal. Goalkeeper T&T had no chance by diving the other direction with the ball crossing the goal line.

Brenden Aaronson celebrates the objective

Midfielder Brenden Aaronson and Team USA celebrate after scoring the fourth goal of the match. (Robert Edwards-Imagn images)

With an advance of 3-0 after the first half, the USMNT did not just go to the cruise control. It was Brenden Aaronson in the 82nd minute to go to his right foot and keep his shot in front of the T&T goalkeeper to do it 4-0.

Then, Haji Wright joined the rating party with a shot perfectly placed on the right side of the net three minutes after Aaronson.

It was completely the declaration for this USMNT group less than a year from the FIFA World Cup, which will be held in the United States as well as in Canada and Mexico.