Clint Dempsey had a hat trick and Christian Pulisic was a force of nature in attack with a goal and two assists (both to Dempsey) plus drawing the foul that Dempsey scored on a free kick and the shot that rebounded to Sebastian Lletget to open scoring against Honduras in the United States’ 6-0 win on Friday. Dempsey is now only two goals back from Landon Donovan’s USMNT record. Overall Dempsey has played against Panama 10 times and has three goals, but he has never scored in Panama.
It was not all good news for the USMNT on Friday.