Yogi Berra was right: “It ain’t over until it’s over.”
A U.S. men’s National Team that averaged 22 years old battled against perennial power Italy beyond 90 minutes on Wednesday in Genk (BEL), but it wasn’t enough.
Robert Gagliardini found Matteo Politano in front of the U.S. goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time (90 + 4) and that gave Italy a 1-0 win and another shutout of the U.S., the seventh in the 12 games played between the sides all-time.
The Italians had most of the possession and most of the chances, but U.S. keeper Ethan Horvath had an excellent game, with a half-dozen saves.
The U.S. fell to 1-8-3 against Italy all-time. U.S. Soccer did announce that the next game for the U.S. men will be on 2 February 2019 vs. Costa Rica in San Jose, California. By that time, a new head coach is expected to have been named.
