To no surprise, the USMNT training camp list did not feature any of the two prominent strikers who currently torment defenses throughout Liga MX—Brandon Vasquez and Alex Zendejas.
It was the game-winning goal from the best player on the team, Christian Pulisic, that made all the difference. But not without a kick in the nuts. Or, uh, the abdominal.
Just six years after leaving El Paso, nineteen year old Ricardo Pepi will have an opportunity of a lifetime to shine for FC Augsburg in Germany's Bundesliga.
Diego Luna, the 18-year old dynamo for El Paso Locomotive FC, will play tonight against the Oakland Roots and then join the USMNT U-20 team in Mexico next week.
Ricardo Pepi made the most of his USMNT debut last night, when he scored the game winning goal and chipped in a pair of assists in their 4-1 win over Honduras.