On January 28, 2019, the U.S. men's national team blew out Panama, 3-0, to start the Gregg Berhalter era. They maintained heavy possession of the ball, and generated basically all of the match's good scoring opportunities. It was a statement of sorts, about the type of identity Berhalter wanted to establish and, following their World Cup qualification failure in 2017, the USMNT's resumed place in the CONCACAF hierarchy. A few months later in Missouri (St. Louis' Busch Stadium, to be exact), the U.S. drew with Uruguay, too.