Malik Tillman scored two first-half goals, Patrick Agyemang added a third before halftime, then Brenden Aaronson and Haji Wright completed the 5-0 rout at PayPal Park in San Jose, California.

The U.S. hopes a blowout win over the world's 100th-ranked team can start to lessen the pessimism created by the Americans' longest losing streak since 2007.

The U.S. side was either champion or runner-up from 2017 through ’21, but lost a penalty-shootout to Panama in San Diego.