A heavily-rotated United States men’s national team earned a 3-1 victory over Venezuela in the first of its two international friendlies this month.
Saturday’s U.S. squad was made up almost entirely of players from Major League Soccer due to the game falling outside of a FIFA international window.
First-half goals from Jack McGlynn and Patrick Agyemang gave the U.S. a commanding lead from which Venezuela never recovered. Matko Miljevic added a third in the second half, although Venezuela’s Jorge Yriarte restored the deficit to two goals on 68 minutes.
The result means manager Mauricio Pochettino has now won four of his five games since he took charge in September — his lone defeat came in a friendly against Mexico in October.
The USMNT will be in action again when it faces Costa Rica on Wednesday.
