USA 2-0 Japan: Lineups – Sep 9, 2025

Commentary

90'

Full-time. USA 2-0 Japan.

90'

3 minutes of added time.

84'

T. Blackmon

Substitution, USA: N. Harriel comes on for T. Blackmon.

79'

F. Balogun

Substitution, USA: D. Downs comes on for F. Balogun.

73'

K. Ogawa

Substitution, Japan: Y. Sugawara comes on for K. Ogawa.

73'

H. H. Mochizuki

Substitution, Japan: S. Machino comes on for H. H. Mochizuki.

65'

A. Zendejas

Substitution, USA: D. Luna comes on for A. Zendejas.

65'

T. Adams

Substitution, USA: S. Dest comes on for T. Adams.

65'

C. Pulišić

Substitution, USA: J. McGlynn comes on for C. Pulišić.

65'

M. Arfsten

Substitution, USA: L. D. L. Torre comes on for M. Arfsten.

64'

F. Balogun

Goal! USA 2-0 Japan. F. Balogun (USA) scores, assisted by C. Pulišić.

62'

Y. Suzuki

Substitution, Japan: T. Minamino comes on for Y. Suzuki.

62'

D. Maeda

Substitution, Japan: K. Mitoma comes on for D. Maeda.

62'

J. C. Fujita

Substitution, Japan: D. Kamada comes on for J. C. Fujita.

61'

Y. Suzuki

Yellow card for Y. Suzuki (Japan).

46'

Y. Nagatomo

Substitution, Japan: A. Seko comes on for Y. Nagatomo.

46'

The second half is under way.

45'

Half-time. USA 1-0 Japan.

35'

K. Ogawa

Yellow card for K. Ogawa (Japan).

30'

A. Zendejas

Goal! USA 1-0 Japan. A. Zendejas (USA) scores, assisted by M. Arfsten.

23'

A. Zendejas

Yellow card for A. Zendejas (USA).

1'

Kick-off: USA vs Japan.

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Player of the match

Match events

23' A. Zendejas

30' ⚽ A. Zendejas · assist M. Arfsten1–0

35' K. Ogawa

Half-time · 1–0

46' 🔁 A. Seko ◂ Y. Nagatomo

61' Y. Suzuki

62' 🔁 D. Kamada ◂ J. C. Fujita

62' 🔁 K. Mitoma ◂ D. Maeda

62' 🔁 T. Minamino ◂ Y. Suzuki

64' ⚽ F. Balogun · assist C. Pulišić2–0

65' 🔁 L. D. L. Torre ◂ M. Arfsten

65' 🔁 J. McGlynn ◂ C. Pulišić

65' 🔁 S. Dest ◂ T. Adams

65' 🔁 D. Luna ◂ A. Zendejas

73' 🔁 S. Machino ◂ H. H. Mochizuki

73' 🔁 Y. Sugawara ◂ K. Ogawa

79' 🔁 D. Downs ◂ F. Balogun

84' 🔁 N. Harriel ◂ T. Blackmon

Full-time · 2–0

Coaches

Mauricio Pochettino

Hajime Moriyasu

Recent form

USA

LHSouth Korea0-2

LHMexico1-2

WHGuatemala2-1

DHCosta Rica2-2

WHHaiti2-1

Japan

DAMexico0-0

WHIndonesia6-0

LAAustralia0-1

DHSaudi Arabia0-0

WHBahrain2-0

Match facts

Stadium

Lower.com Field

City

Columbus

Referee

Bryan Lopez

Kickoff

09 Sep, 23:30 UTC

Competition

International Friendly Games

USA 3-4-3 · 3-4-2-1 Japan

1 M. Freese 7.9 19 N. Harriel 6.7 ↑ 84' 3 C. Richards 7.3 13 T. Ream 7.2 16 A. Freeman 6.3 2 S. Dest 6.7 ↑ 65' 24 C. Roldán 6.8 14 L. D. L. Torre 7.2 ↑ 65' 6 J. McGlynn 6.9 ↑ 65' 11 D. Downs 6.4 ↑ 79' 7 D. Luna 6.9 ↑ 65' 12 K. Osako 8.4 16 H. Sekine 6.3 25 H. Araki 6.6 22 A. Seko 6.9 ↑ 46' 2 Y. Sugawara 7.0 ↑ 73' 21 K. Sano 15 D. Kamada 7.2 ↑ 62' 8 T. Minamino 6.4 ↑ 62' 14 J. Ito 6.9 7 K. Mitoma 6.7 ↑ 62' 18 S. Machino 6.7 ↑ 73'

Substitutes

12GJ. Klinsmann 15DT. Blackmon↓ 84'7.1 5DN. Banks 17MA. Zendejas↓ 65'7.6 18MM. Arfsten↓ 65'7.5 4MT. Adams↓ 65'6.8 8MS. Berhalter 10FC. Pulišić↓ 65'8.2 20FF. Balogun↓ 79'7.2 9FJ. Sargent

Coach: Mauricio Pochettino

Substitutes

1GZ. Suzuki 23GT. Hayakawa 5DY. Nagatomo↓ 46'6.8 26DH. H. Mochizuki↓ 73'6.8 4DK. Itakura 3DT. Watanabe 13MY. Suzuki↓ 62'7.4 17MJ. C. Fujita↓ 62'6.5 6MW. Endo 10MT. Kubo 19FK. Ogawa↓ 73'7.1 11FD. Maeda↓ 62'7.0 24FM. Hosoya 9FA. Ueda

Coach: Hajime Moriyasu

Expected goals (xG) flow

Match momentum

Average positions

Shot map

Expected goals (xG) flow

Match momentum

Average positions

Shot map

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