USMNT dominates Trinidad and Tobago to begin Gold Cup as Malik Tillman scores first 2 international goals

The "Fox Soccer" crew discussed Mauricio Pochettino's response to Christian Pulisic's comments ahead of USMNT match against Trinidad in Tobago in Gold Cup.

The United States men’s national soccer team made quite the statement to begin their CONCACAF Gold Cup group play on Sunday by dominating Trinidad and Tobago, 5-0, at PayPal Park in San Jose, California. 

All the talk leading into the Gold Cup was about Christian Pulisic, the USMNT star who defended his reasoning for abstaining from playing in the Gold Cup following his year with AC Milan. Former players and fans alike were calling out Pulisic, and it was certainly detracting from the roster set to play on Sunday. 

This team, though, clearly wasn’t listening to the outside noise as they got right down to business against "T&T" to kick off their Group D schedule. 

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USA forward Malik Tillman reacts to scoring a goal in the first half during a group stage match of the 2025 Gold Cup at PayPal Park in San Jose, Calif. (Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images)

It was Malik Tillman, the 23-year-old who plays for the Netherlands’ PSV Eindhoven in the Eredivisie league, getting the USMNT on the scoreboard with his first career international goal in the 16th minute. 

Jack McGlynn made it happen as he was patient inside T&T’s 18-yard box, slipping past a defender and lifting a cheeky pass to Tillman, who buried it for the opening goal of the tournament. 

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But Tillman wasn’t done in the first half. He started to sprint when Diego Luna took advantage of a poor pass back from a T&T defender, providing support if Luna wanted to pass. That’s exactly what