America continues battling with those of the MLS even in friendlies, after falling to DC United: 3-1
Las Aguilas del America had trouble again with an MLS rival after falling 3-2 in a warm-up match for the derby vs. Chivas
Las Aguilas del America had trouble again with rivals from Major League Soccer (MLS) and now although it was a warm-up match against DC United, they fell 3-1 in a duel ahead of the classic of classics against Chivas next week.
While it is true that the objective of the Aguilas coach, Andre Jardine, was to move his people, as was the case of Henry Martin, who played almost 60 minutes in the recovery process from the injuries that have plagued him in recent months.
But the reality is that it was clear that Bomba still needs time to gain rhythm to be able to be the contribution that the Americanistas need for the rest of the Apertura 2025 tournament.
On the contrary, the coaching staff gave Allan Saint-Maximin minutes again so that the French player could continue adapting to the team and gave away two sparks that caused the stands to wake up, but in reality they could not generate real danger.
In addition, Kevin Alvarez, Victor Davila, Jonathan dos Santos, Alan Cervantes and Alexis Gutierrez, had minutes, but their performance passed without pain or glory in a a duel that DC United controlled from start to finish.
Thus, Joao Peglow took advantage of a poor clearance from Orquin and with a half-scissor kick beat Cota in the 48th minute, while the American team arrived early when Kevin Alvarez on the wing finished in a cross that Henry Martin could not finish, but Lukas MacNaughton deflected it for an own goal in the 53rd minute.
However, another mistake by the Yellows' defense allowed the Americans to regain the lead in a jiffy, Caden Clark controlled and left Orquin behind and with a cross shot beat Cota in the 54th minute.
A wave of changes came, Henry left at 60', it is clear that he will be brought in slowly, the one who stayed the whole game was Maximin, the most important thing with him was the training he had to get more integrated and there is already a tangible progress in that.
In stoppage time, Gabriel Pirani scored the decisive goal to make it 3-1 in a match where it was clear that the American team took it as training for the real test next week in the classic of classics against Chivas.