ST. GALLEN, Switzerland – The U.S. Men’s National Team fell to hosts Switzerland 2-1 on Sunday evening in an international friendly played at kybunpark in St. Gallen.
Sebastian Lletget opened the scoring with his seventh international goal, but Ricardo Rodriguez and Steven Zuber marked for Switzerland, snapping the USA’s nine-match undefeated streak. Now 8-1-1 through its last 10 matches, the MNT suffered its first defeat since October 15, 2019 against Canada.
It was a tale of two halves for the USA and 13th-ranked Switzerland, with the MNT having the better of play in the opening 45 and the hosts scoring the winning goal after the break.
Lletget put the USA in front after five minutes when he calmly put away a chance from 12 yards out past Switzerland goalkeeper Yan Sommer. However, the Swiss answered five minutes later with a shot from Rodriguez that deflected off USA defender Reggie Cannon and out of reach of goalkeeper Ethan Horvath.
Lletget would be a key player for a USA side that controlled much of the first half and created a number of threatening chances, having another shot saved and narrowly missing wide another opportunity near goal.
Sommer also came up with quality saves on a header from Josh Sargent and denying Sergiño Dest on a chance at the near post.
Switzerland had a chance to take the lead before the break when Dest was called for a handball in the box, however Rodriguez sent the…
