In their last game before the World Cup, the United States was blanked by Saudi Arabia. There is a time and a place for this.
The United States was held to a goalless draw by Saudi Arabia in Murcia, Spain, in its final warm-up game before the start of the World Cup.
It was a disappointing end to the tournament for Berhalter's side after they lost 2-0 to Japan on Friday.
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Christian Pulisic was brought into the lineup along with other players.
After just 30 minutes, the U.S. was dealt an early blow when Gio Reyna was taken off for precautionary reasons.
The U.S. showed positive signs in the early going with some neat linkup play between the likes of Pulisic,Pepi, Reyna and Weston McKennie taking advantage of Saudi Arabia's high defensive line.
The best shot was by Tyler Adams, which was a 25 yard shot. The US became less effective with the ball as the half wore on.
Saudi Arabia was the closest to opening the scoring in the first half. After a close-range effort from Hattan Bahebri, a last-ditch block from Yedlin and a scramble away from Paul Arriola were needed to keep the game out of harms way.
The second half didn't improve for the USMNT. Yedlin was forced to leave on 59 minutes after getting tackled. In place of Yedlin, Joe Scally replaced him with Jesus and Mark joining him.
After Arriola found him in the box, the Americans' best chance of the match was to shoot at the Saudi Arabia goalkeeper.
Saudi Arabia failed to take advantage of some late openings presented to them by the U.S. backline.
The U.S. will play Wales, England, and Iran in the World Cup.
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