USA vs Japan

Friendlies · 2025 · Friendlies 1
9 September 2025 at 23:30 UTC · Lower.com Field

USA

2:0

Full time

Japan

• A. Zendejas 30′
• F. Balogun 64′

Half-time1–0

Regulation2–0

Referee: Bryan López

USA beat Japan 2–0 in the Friendlies on 9 September 2025.

Match events

EVENTS

23′

A. ZendejasYellow card

30′

A. ZendejasGoal · Assist: M. Arfsten

35′

K. OgawaYellow card

46′

On: A. SekoOff: Y. NagatomoSubstitution

61′

Y. SuzukiYellow card

62′

On: D. KamadaOff: J. FujitaSubstitution

62′

On: T. MinaminoOff: Y. SuzukiSubstitution

62′

On: K. MitomaOff: D. MaedaSubstitution

64′

F. BalogunGoal · Assist: C. Pulisic

65′

On: D. LunaOff: A. ZendejasSubstitution

66′

On: S. DestOff: T. AdamsSubstitution

66′

On: J. McGlynnOff: C. PulisicSubstitution

66′

On: L. de la TorreOff: M. ArfstenSubstitution

73′

On: Y. SugawaraOff: K. OgawaSubstitution

73′

On: S. MachinoOff: H. MochizukiSubstitution

79′

On: D. DownsOff: F. BalogunSubstitution

84′

On: N. HarrielOff: T. BlackmonSubstitution

Symbol key

• Goal
• Yellow card
• Red card
• Second yellow / red
• Substitution
• Penalty scored
• Penalty missed
• Own goal
• Goal disallowed
• VAR review

Match stats

Full match1st half2nd half

FULL MATCH

62%Ball Possession38%

1Blocked Shots0

0Corner Kicks1

1Fouls3

2Goalkeeper Saves3

0Offsides2

87%Passes %80%

129Passes accurate67

—Red Cards—

2Shots insidebox2

1Shots off Goal0

2Shots on Goal2

2Shots outsidebox0

4Total Shots2

149Total passes84

—Yellow Cards—

—expected_goals—

—goals_prevented—

Lineups

Formations

USA

3-4-3

1

M. Freese

13

T. Ream

3

C. Richards

15

T. Blackmon

18

M. Arfsten

24

C. Roldan

4

T. Adams

16

A. Freeman

10

C. Pulišić

20

F. Balogun

17

A. Zendejas

Coach: M. Pochettino →

Substitutes

2 · S. DestOn 66′D

5 · Noahkai Kai Daniel BanksAppearance details unavailableD

6 · J. McGlynnOn 66′M

7 · D. LunaOn 65′M

8 · S. BerhalterAppearance details unavailableM

9 · J. SargentAppearance details unavailableF

11 · D. DownsOn 79′F

14 · L. de la TorreOn 66′M

19 · N. HarrielOn 84′D

21 · T. WeahAppearance details unavailableF

Japan

3-4-2-1

12

K. Osako

5

Y. Nagatomo

25

H. Araki

16

H. Sekine

11

D. Maeda

17

J. Fujita

21

K. Sano

26

H. Mochizuki

13

Y. Suzuki

14

J. Ito

19

Koki Ogawa

Coach: Hajime Moriyasu →

Substitutes

1 · Z. SuzukiAppearance details unavailableG

2 · Y. SugawaraOn 73′D

3 · T. WatanabeAppearance details unavailableD

4 · K. ItakuraAppearance details unavailableD

6 · W. EndoAppearance details unavailableM

7 · K. MitomaOn 62′M

8 · T. MinaminoOn 62′M

9 · A. UedaAppearance details unavailableF

10 · T. KuboAppearance details unavailableF

15 · D. KamadaOn 62′M

18 · S. MachinoOn 73′F

20 · K. SanoAppearance details unavailableM

22 · A. SekoOn 46′D

23 · T. HayakawaAppearance details unavailableG

24 · M. HosoyaAppearance details unavailableF