International Friendly

Japan vs United States, 2022 International Friendly

· International Friendly
Japan
  • 24': Daichi Kamada
  • 88': Kaoru Mitoma
FT
2 - 0
United States

    U.S. fall to disappointing 2-0 defeat against Japan in Dusseldorf

    The United States got their World Cup preparations off to a poor start as they fell to a 1-0 defeat against Japan in Dusseldorf, Germany.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Attempt saved. Junya Ito (Japan) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 4': Foul by Wataru Endo (Japan).
    • 4': Weston McKennie (USA) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 5': Attempt blocked. Daichi Kamada (Japan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wataru Endo.
    • 5': Brenden Aaronson (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 5': Foul by Takefusa Kubo (Japan).
    • 6': Foul by Tyler Adams (USA).
    • 6': Hidemasa Morita (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 7': Attempt missed. Jesús Ferreira (USA) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Sergiño Dest with a cross.
    • 11': Attempt blocked. Takefusa Kubo (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Hidemasa Morita.
    • 13': Attempt saved. Daichi Kamada (Japan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Takefusa Kubo.
    • 13': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Matt Turner.
    • 14': Attempt missed. Wataru Endo (Japan) header from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
    • 16': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Aaron Long.
    • 17': Foul by Daichi Kamada (Japan).
    • 17': Walker Zimmerman (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 24': Goal! Japan 1, USA 0. Daichi Kamada (Japan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Hidemasa Morita.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
    • 29': Corner, USA. Conceded by Takehiro Tomiyasu.
    • 32': Foul by Takefusa Kubo (Japan).
    • 32': Sergiño Dest (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 32': Foul by Luca de la Torre (USA).
    • 32': Takefusa Kubo (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 34': Attempt saved. Takefusa Kubo (Japan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 34': Foul by Wataru Endo (Japan).
    • 34': Luca de la Torre (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 37': Offside, USA. Luca de la Torre tries a through ball, but Brenden Aaronson is caught offside.
    • 38': Foul by Daizen Maeda (Japan).
    • 38': Walker Zimmerman (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Foul by Takefusa Kubo (Japan).
    • 39': Tyler Adams (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Brenden Aaronson (USA) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 40': Foul by Daichi Kamada (Japan).
    • 44': Attempt blocked. Jesús Ferreira (USA) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sam Vines.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Japan 1, USA 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Japan 1, USA 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Japan. Daniel Schmidt replaces Shuichi Gonda.
    • 45': Substitution, Japan. Hiroki Ito replaces Hiroki Sakai.
    • 45': Substitution, Japan. Shuto Machino replaces Daizen Maeda.
    • 45': Substitution, USA. Jordan Morris replaces Giovanni Reyna.
    • 45': Substitution, USA. Joshua Sargent replaces Jesús Ferreira.
    • 45': Substitution, USA. Mark McKenzie replaces Aaron Long.
    • 45': Substitution, USA. Reggie Cannon replaces Sergiño Dest.
    • 48': Foul by Takefusa Kubo (Japan).
    • 48': Reggie Cannon (USA) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 51': Attempt blocked. Luca de la Torre (USA) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Brenden Aaronson.
    • 53': Brenden Aaronson (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 53': Foul by Junya Ito (Japan).
    • 54': Offside, USA. Tyler Adams tries a through ball, but Jordan Morris is caught offside.
    • 55': Attempt saved. Junya Ito (Japan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Wataru Endo.
    • 57': Corner, USA. Conceded by Maya Yoshida.
    • 60': Foul by Luca de la Torre (USA).
    • 60': Wataru Endo (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 60': Luca de la Torre (USA) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 61': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Sam Vines.
    • 63': Foul by Shuto Machino (Japan).
    • 63': Walker Zimmerman (USA) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 65': Attempt saved. Daichi Kamada (Japan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Takefusa Kubo.
    • 65': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Matt Turner.
    • 67': Substitution, USA. João Cardoso replaces Luca de la Torre.
    • 67': Substitution, USA. Malik Tillman replaces Weston McKennie.
    • 68': Substitution, Japan. Ritsu Doan replaces Junya Ito.
    • 68': Substitution, Japan. Kaoru Mitoma replaces Takefusa Kubo.
    • 70': Attempt blocked. Kaoru Mitoma (Japan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ritsu Doan.
    • 70': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Reggie Cannon.
    • 72': Attempt missed. Ritsu Doan (Japan) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kaoru Mitoma.
    • 73': Foul by Kaoru Mitoma (Japan).
    • 73': Reggie Cannon (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Foul by Takehiro Tomiyasu (Japan).
    • 73': João Cardoso (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 75': Attempt saved. Ritsu Doan (Japan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Yuta Nakayama.
    • 76': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Matt Turner.
    • 76': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Reggie Cannon.
    • 77': Attempt missed. Maya Yoshida (Japan) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Ritsu Doan with a cross following a corner.
    • 78': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Mark McKenzie.
    • 80': Attempt missed. Brenden Aaronson (USA) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Tyler Adams.
    • 83': Attempt missed. Daichi Kamada (Japan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Yuta Nakayama with a cross.
    • 84': Foul by Wataru Endo (Japan).
    • 84': João Cardoso (USA) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 86': Foul by Daichi Kamada (Japan).
    • 86': Sam Vines (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Substitution, Japan. Genki Haraguchi replaces Daichi Kamada.
    • 87': Foul by Kaoru Mitoma (Japan).
    • 87': Walker Zimmerman (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 88': Goal! Japan 2, USA 0. Kaoru Mitoma (Japan) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yuta Nakayama.
    • 90': Second Half ends, Japan 2, USA 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Japan 2, USA 0.
    • 90': Second Half ends, Japan 2, USA 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Japan 2, USA 0.

    Statistics

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    3 Fouls 16
    1 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 0
    2 Corner Kicks 8
    6 Saves 0
    57 Possession 43
    4 SHOTS 15
    0 ON GOAL 8
    0.0 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    484 Accurate Passes 348
    580 Passes 431
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    4 Accurate Crosses 3
    8 Crosses 16
    0.5 Cross % 0.2
    46 Long Balls 44
    19 Accurate Long Balls 18
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
    2 Blocked Shots 3
    7 Effective Tackles 16
    11 Tackles 18
    0.6 Tackle % 0.9
    7 Interceptions 15
    17 Effective Clearances 11
    17 Clearances 11

    Game Information

    Competition: International Friendly

    Venue: Merkur Spiel-Arena
    Location: Düsseldorf, Germany
    Attendance: 5,149

    Line-Ups

    JPN Japan (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    12 Shuichi Gonda (GK)
    16 Takehiro Tomiyasu
    22 Maya Yoshida
    20 Yuta Nakayama
    19 Hiroki Sakai
    15 Daichi Kamada
    13 Hidemasa Morita
    6 Wataru Endo
    25 Daizen Maeda
    11 Takefusa Kubo
    14 Junya Ito
    Japan Substitutes:
    Shuto Machino, Hiroki Ito, Kaoru Mitoma, Daniel Schmidt, Yuki Soma, Gaku Shibasaki, Yuto Nagatomo, Ritsu Doan, Ao Tanaka, Miki Yamane, Shogo Taniguchi, Kyogo Furuhashi, Kosei Tani, Genki Haraguchi, Takumi Minamino.

    USA United States (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Matt Turner (GK)
    5 Aaron Long
    3 Walker Zimmerman
    6 Sam Vines
    2 Sergiño Dest
    4 Tyler Adams
    8 Weston McKennie
    14 Luca de la Torre Yellow Card
    9 Jesús Ferreira
    21 Giovanni Reyna
    11 Brenden Aaronson
    United States Substitutes:
    Erik Palmer-Brown, Sean Johnson, Mark McKenzie, Paul Arriola, Josh Sargent, Malik Tillman, Joe Scally, Kellyn Acosta, Johnny Cardoso, DeAndre Yedlin, Reggie Cannon, Ethan Horvath, Jordan Morris, Ricardo Pepi.

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