The United States Men's National Team earned Bruce Arena his first win in The Bruce 2.0 era Friday night. Seattle Sounders’ Jordan Morris and Sporting Kansas City’s Benny Feilhaber combined in the 59th minute for the lone goal in the 1-0 victory over Jamaica.
Sporting KC’s Graham Zusi wore the captain’s arm band for the first time for the U.S. as he and Feilhaber both started the match. This was Feilhaber’s first start for the U.S. since 2013. For Zusi it was a continuation of the Arena experiment with him at right back.
At times Jamaica was willing to pack it in and counter which is a tactic the U.