Overview

• Son Heung-min opened the scoring in the 18th minute and set up Lee Dong-gyeong in the 43rd, reaching 52 international goals and moving within six of Cha Bum-kun’s national record.
• The match was a World Cup preparation friendly at Red Bull Arena, where most of the roughly 26,500 fans supported Korea Republic.
• The U.S. dropped to 10-7 under Pochettino and remains winless in seven meetings with FIFA top-25 opponents, with an 11-2 first-half aggregate deficit across those games.
• Next up, the U.S. hosts Japan on Tuesday in Columbus and Korea Republic faces Mexico the same day in Nashville.
• Sergiño Dest made his first appearance since an ACL tear and Tristan Blackmon debuted for the U.S., and Paraguay’s federation announced a Nov. 15 U.S. friendly at Subaru Park.