The United States Men’s National Team got their Copa América campaign off and running with a 2-0 win over Bolivia in Texas on Sunday night.
Tim Ream and Antonee Robinson both played the full 90, with the latter playing a big hand in the opening goal inside three minutes.
After Jedi won a big tackle on the halfway line, Christian Pulisic and Folarin Balogun countered down the left, and Balogun ended up winning a corner. That set-piece was played short to Pulisic, who angled a beautiful strike into the postage stamp.
The States had far the better of the first half, and got a deserved second soon before half-time.
This time it was Ream who won possession at the start of the move, with his side then moving swiftly up the pitch until Balogun stroked an accurate strike into the bottom corner on his left foot.
The second half followed a similar pattern, and after Balogun had a goal chalked off for offside, his replacement Ricardo Pepi should have converted a pristine Robinson cross.
Jedi continued to create, controlling a high ball impeccably on the byline and beating his man before cutting back to Timothy Weah, who fired over.
In truth, 2-0 probably flattered Bolivia, with Pepi squandering another Robinson set-up in the 90th minute, this time putting his first time shot straight at the goalkeeper.
The States are next in action against Panama on Thursday in Atlanta.
