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2021 Gold Cup recap: USA 6- 1 Martinique - the Americans crush a Concacaf minnow

Following a performance where the USMNT struggled to decisively and convincingly beat Haiti, the team easily got past an outmatched Martinique side. The Americans were more talented on every area of the pitch and it showed. A pair of goals in the first half gave way to a four goal explosion in the second as the Caribbean side got worn down and overpowered by the USA. A late penalty scored by Martinique could be costly as it swung the goals forced tie breaker in the group away from the Americans.

The Americans lined up in a 3-4-3 as Gregg Berhalter gave the people what they wanted and started Eryk WIlliamson, Daryl Dike, and Matthew Hoppe.