The USA closed its under-23 men's camp in Chula Vista, California, with a 2-0 win over Japan in a closed-door international friendly.
Brenden Aaronson set up
Mason Toye just
before halftime, and
Brooks Lennon added a second goal from the penalty spot after
Sebastian Soto was taken down in the penalty area.
Six players from the 2019 U-20 World Cup team saw action:
Chris Gloster,
Mark McKenzie and
Alex Mendez, who
started against Japan, and
Edwin Cerrillo,
Brandon Servania and Soto, who came on in the second half.
Mendez had best chance until Toye scored, unleashing a 25-yard,
left-footed shot that forced a diving save from Japan goalkeeper
Ryosuke Kojima, one of four players who went to the Copa America in Brazil.
Eight other players eligible for the
2020 Olympics as under-23 players were with the senior national for the matches against Mexico and Uruguay.
Reggie Cannon,
Sergino Dest,
Miles Robinson,
Jackson
Yueill and
Josh Sargent played in both games.
Weston McKennie and
Christian Pulisic started against Mexico and then returned to their clubs in Europe.
Paxton Pomykal
was a late sub against Uruguay.
Concacaf qualifying for the 2020 Olympics will take place next March in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Sept. 9 in Chula Vista, Calif.
USA 2 Japan 0. Goals: Toye 45, Lennon pen. 63.
USA -- Freese (Marcinkowski, 46), Herrera (Duncan, 46),
Glad (Trusty, 46), McKenzie (Pines, 61), Gloster, Dotson (Cerrillo, 46), Mendez (Vazquez, 72), Mihailovic (Servania, 61), Aaronson (Lennon, 46), Saucedo (Fernandez, 66), Toye (Soto, 46).
Japan -- Kojima; Suga (Sugioka, 83), Mastumoto (Tanaka, 46), Maeda (Watanabe, 72), Ominami (Naganuma, 72), Okazaki (Tatsuta, 61), Ogawa (Ueda, 61), Endo (Abe, 61), Ko (Saito, 83), Hashioka,
Seko
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