Struggling US loses 2-1 to Canada in 3rd-place match of CONCACAF Nations League tournament Boston 25 News [Video]

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — (AP) — Jonathan David scored the tiebreaking goal early in the second half, and Canada added to the U.S. men’s national team’s woes under coach Mauricio Pochettino with a 2-1 victory Sunday night in the third-place match of the CONCACAF Nations League tournament.

Tani Oluwaseyi scored in the first half for Canada, and Patrick Agyemang responded in the 35th minute for the U.S. before David slotted home the winner in the 59th minute. The Americans couldn’t answer, and they fell to a dismal 5-3 during Pochettino’s six months in charge of their preparations for next year’s home World Cup.

After decades spent looking up at the Americans, Canada has turned the tables in its biggest soccer rivalry — although this match had no obvious political overtones after the discord created last month at the 4 Nations hockey tournament by President Donald Trump’s bombastic rhetoric and tariff war.

Canada has beaten the U.S. in consecutive matches for the first time since 1985, following …