The U.S. men’s national team needed a second-half response and got one Tuesday night, coming from behind to defeat Chile 4-2 in an international friendly at Energizer Park.
Sebastian Berhalter, Julian Hall, Chris Richards and Mathis Albert scored for Mauricio Pochettino’s side, which improved to 2-0 in this window after Saturday’s 4-1 win over Peru. A crowd of 21,680 watched the Americans absorb an early second-half deficit and pull away.
Berhalter opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Sergiño Dest created space on the left and delivered a cross that Hall dummyed; Berhalter arrived at the back post and finished first-time for a 1-0 lead.
Chile equalized in first-half stoppage time. Diego Ulloa pounced on a scramble after goalkeeper Chris Brady failed to clear a corner, making it 1-1 at the break.
The visitors went in front three minutes after the restart. Maximiliano Gutiérrez finished to give Chile a 2-1 advantage.
The United States answered immediately. Hall rose to meet a Giovanni Reyna cross in the 51st minute and headed home the equalizer, his second goal in as many senior appearances.
Pochettino introduced a wave of substitutes around the hour mark. Richards, one of those replacements, restored the lead in the 72nd minute, meeting a Berhalter corner with a powerful header for his fourth international goal.
Albert, the 17-year-old Borussia Dortmund attacker, sealed it in the third minute of added time. Antonee Robinson delivered a free kick, Auston Trusty headed it across goal, and Albert finished from close range off the underside of the bar. The strike made Albert the youngest goal scorer in USMNT history.
The match ended with tempers flaring and a bench-clearing confrontation after the final whistle.
The result keeps momentum for a young American group still finding its identity under Pochettino. Chile, missing the 2026 World Cup, showed fight but faded after taking the lead.
USA next faces Mexico on Oct. 6 in Los Angeles.
