Quinn Sullivan and Nathan Harriel made their senior national team debuts on a day when Jack McGlynn, Matt Freese, and Mark McKenzie also played. And they mostly played well, even in a U.S. loss.

The oddity after the USMNT's 2-1 defeat to Turkey was how optimistic the U.S. camp was about the overall effort.

Names will be made this summer in United States men's national team action, which began with a 2-1 friendly loss to Turkiye in East Hartford on Saturday.

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — Not for the first time, U.S. men's national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino arrived at a post-match press conference after a loss, this time a 2-1 defeat to Turkiye in the first of two friendlies that will precede the Gold Cup. There was one thing he was relieved about, though.

Turkey took advantage of a sloppy defense to beat the United States 2-1 in a rainy friendly on Saturday, dealing the Americans their third straight loss as Arda Güler and Kerem Aktürkoğlu scored in a 2-minute, 20-second span midway through the first half.

Former Union midfielder McGlynn scored a terrific goal in the first minute, but two defensive lapses midway through the first half cost the U.S. the game.

Previously, the USMNT dropped games to Panama and Uruguay in the 2024 Copa América group stage, before losing to Canada in a friendly. However, those matches were split between p

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