The USMNT needed an answered prayer to beat Jamaica. What was the problem?

When the goalkeeper ran into the opposing penalty area and the tactics had become unimportant, Gregg Berhalter did the last thing he possibly could. It’s clear.” Berhalter made numerous adjustments in the second half After allowing that first-minute goal to fullback Gregory Leigh, who popped up at the back post without a defender anywhere near and headed in a cross from Bobby De Cordova-Reid, the U.S. had to make immediate adjustments. You’ve got to draw them out of position…It’s all stuff we need to keep learning from.” GO DEEPER USMNT 3, Jamaica 1: Takeaways from the Nations League semifinal The late goal wasn’t the United States’ only bit of fortune – it was lucky to not be down by more than a goal as it chased the game. “We should’ve killed the game off in these 90 minutes, but it really, really hurts and I feel for the guys doing so well in the 90 minutes and then conceding a goal with the last touch of the game,” Jamaica manager Heimir Hallgrimsson said. Haji Wright scored both of the United States’ extra-time goals With all those absences, Berhalter felt his U.S. team forgot an important lesson about playing in this part of the world: The opponent will be open to muddying things up and giving one of the region’s traditional powers everything they can handle.