The United States Men’s National Team opened its 2021 Gold Cup campaign Sunday night with a slightly underwhelming 1-0 victory over Haiti. Despite the three points against a relatively good opponent, questions were raised about the MLS-heavy team’s performance. A lot of the criticism from the ever-unpleased horde that is USMNT Twitter was in bad faith, but one area that received the most legitimate critique was the play of the team’s wingers.
The Colorado Rapids’ Jonathan Lewis and D.C. United’s Paul Arriola, two recurring figures of the Gregg Berhalter era, received the start in Kansas City, but to say the duo underwhelmed would be an understatement.