Considering where the United States were at the end of two friendlies a couple of months ago, that was by far a very positive first step for a young team. Wales scored a late penalty to cancel out a great opening US goal and the points were shared 1-1 to wrap up the first day of Group B play.
Yes, the USMNT fell off in the second half and didn’t fully capitalize on their great first half, and the game as a whole was chippy, choppy and called incredibly inconsistently from the center referee.