The US national team rode their luck repeatedly, but eventually gritted out a hard-earned 1-1 draw with Panama at Estadio Rommel Fernandez on Tuesday night.
Tim Howard had to make three saves and the back line wobbled repeatedly. But the visitors overcame tense circumstances, an uneven playing surface and constant Panamanian physicality to achieve the road point they’d originally targeted from this fixture.
Clint Dempsey opened the scoring shortly before halftime after some superlative work by Pulisic, who started the play by chasing after a long ball that Panamanian defender Felipe Baloy seemed to have under control.