“For just over six minutes, it looked as though the United States would find its way into a Copa America quarterfinal. Gregg Berhalter’s side was coming off a shocking 2-1 defeat against Panama in Atlanta and it had lost the luxury of controlling its destiny to advance from Group C. Its final foe, Uruguay, had won its first two games and seldom showed a weakness to exploit against Panama and Bolivia. The hosts came out with a point to prove. In the opening 20 minutes, the United States pushed the tempo, orchestrated fluid attacking sequences and seldom afforded Uruguay similarly pretty passages of play. There was just one problem: they only refined all of that interplay into a single shot — a headed corner by left-back Antonee Robinson that was comfortably saved by goalkeeper Sergio Rochet. …”
NY Times/The Athletic
