United States 4-2 Chile: Teenagers Hall and Albert break records in friendly win

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ShareRecords were broken by both Julian Hall and Mathis Albert as the United States made it back-to-back wins, beating Chile 4-2.Teenagers Julian Hall and Mathis Albert were among the goalscorers as a new-look United States team beat Chile 4-2 in an entertaining friendly on Tuesday.Mauricio Pochettino made 10 changes from the side that thrashed Peru 4-1 on Saturday, but the USA claimed another four-goal victory at Energizer Park, where Middlesbrough's Sebastian Berhalter played a starring role and was supported by some of the team's newcomers.The St. Louis crowd were treated to an open start as Lawrence Vigouroux got down well to repel Miles Robinson's header, before Ben Brereton Diaz and Dario Osorio both struck the woodwork in the space of two minutes for Chile.The USA went in front in the 37th minute as Hall cleverly dummied Sergino Dest's pass through to Berhalter, who applied a calm finish, though some weak goalkeeping from Chris Brady allowed Diego Ulloa to prod the equaliser over the line in first-half stoppage time.Chile then went in front through a rasping strike from Maximiliano Gutierrez four minutes into the second half, but the USA were only behind for a couple of minutes as Hall's glancing header diverted Gio Reyna's inswinging cross home.The USA led again when Chris Richards powered Berhalter's corner past Vigouroux with 72 minutes gone, and they got a clinching goal in added time.Auston Trusty headed Antonee Robinson's free-kick back across goal, and on the stretch, Albert diverted the ball off the underside of the crossbar and in.Kids in AmericaBoth Hall and Albert made history for the USA on Tuesday, as their promising form continued ahead of a showdown with old rivals Mexico on Saturday.Hall's goal – coming off the back of his debut strike against Peru – made the 18-year-old the youngest player to score on his first two outings for the USMNT.And Albert's late effort made the Borussia Dortmund man the youngest scorer in the team's modern history, at the age of 17 years and 131 days (since at least 1988).He surpassed Christian Pulisic, who had set the mark at the age of 17 years and 253 days old when he was also with Dortmund, against Bolivia in May 2016.The USA only narrowly had more shots (18 to 17) and shots on target (nine to eight) than Chile, but their chances were of a far greater quality as they won the expected goals (xG) battle by 2.55 to 1.23.Records were broken by both Julian Hall and Mathis Albert as the United States made it back-to-back wins, beating Chile 4-2.Teenagers Julian Hall and Mathis Albert were among the goalscorers as a new-look United States team beat Chile 4-2 in an entertaining friendly on Tuesday.Mauricio Pochettino made 10 changes from the side that thrashed Peru 4-1 on Saturday, but the USA claimed another four-goal victory at Energizer Park, where Middlesbrough's Sebastian Berhalter played a starring role and was supported by some of the team's newcomers.The St. Louis crowd were treated to an open start as Lawrence Vigouroux got down well to repel Miles Robinson's header, before Ben Brereton Diaz and Dario Osorio both struck the woodwork in the space of two minutes for Chile.The USA went in front in the 37th minute as Hall cleverly dummied Sergino Dest's pass through to Berhalter, who applied a calm finish, though some weak goalkeeping from Chris Brady allowed Diego Ulloa to prod the equaliser over the line in first-half stoppage time.Chile then went in front through a rasping strike from Maximiliano Gutierrez four minutes into the second half, but the USA were only behind for a couple of minutes as Hall's glancing header diverted Gio Reyna's inswinging cross home.The USA led again when Chris Richards powered Berhalter's corner past Vigouroux with 72 minutes gone, and they got a clinching goal in added time.Auston Trusty headed Antonee Robinson's free-kick back across goal, and on the stretch, Albert diverted the ball off the underside of the crossbar and in.Kids in AmericaBoth Hall and Albert made history for the USA on Tuesday, as their promising form continued ahead of a showdown with old rivals Mexico on Saturday.Hall's goal – coming off the back of his debut strike against Peru – made the 18-year-old the youngest player to score on his first two outings for the USMNT.And Albert's late effort made the Borussia Dortmund man the youngest scorer in the team's modern history, at the age of 17 years and 131 days (since at least 1988).He surpassed Christian Pulisic, who had set the mark at the age of 17 years and 253 days old when he was also with Dortmund, against Bolivia in May 2016.The USA only narrowly had more shots (18 to 17) and shots on target (nine to eight) than Chile, but their chances were of a far greater quality as they won the expected goals (xG) battle by 2.55 to 1.23.