USMNT caps miserable Concacaf Nations League Finals with a 2-1 loss to Canada

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The United States men's national team capped its miserable week at the Concacaf Nations League Finals with a 2-1 loss to Canada in Sunday's third-place playoff.

The Canadians opened the scoring through Tani Oluwaseyi, and while Patrick Agyemang equalized for the USMNT before the first half was finished, Reds star forward Jonathan David scored the winner with just over a half hour left to play.

The loss comes on the heels of last week's late 1-0 loss to Panama in the semifinals. "It's not just a given that we can step onto the pitch and perform at a certain level," U.S. keeper Matt Turner said after Sunday's contest. "End of the day, we're conceding too many goals and not scoring enough.

What we had to do was clear and and we weren't able to execute it consistently over 90 minutes in both games," he added. "Critical errors, critical mistakes, guys not taking ownership in big moments." 

Here are three quick thoughts on the match, which represented the final test for Mauricio Pochettino's full-strength team in tournament play before next year's U.S. co-hosted FIFA World Cup.

The U.S. turned in an improved performance from Thursday, bu it wasn't nearly enough. Still, at least they scored in this game. It was a beautiful team goal, too. Tim Weah started the sequence when he slipped Diego Luna in behind the Canadian back line. Rather than rush a shot or pass, the Real Salt Lake playmaker cut the ball back and squared it to Agyemang, who was able to beat visiting keeper Dayne St. Clair to temporarily pull the Americans level:

"I knew that the center back was going to come and I had a little flick and just dropped it off for Patrick," said Luna, who has surely put himself in position to be summoned for this