INTERNATIONAL SOCCER: Switzerland shellshocks U.S. with bombardment of four first-half goals, sacking the USMNT to a fourth straight defeat
- Jonathan Turner
- Jun 11, 2025
- 4 min read
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U.S. has been outscored 9-2 in four-game skid and only owns a 15-14 scoring edge in last 10 matches where the side is 5-5
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The U.S. and Switzerland faced off Tuesday in an international friendly.
The match is just days before the kickoff of the upcoming 2025 Club World Cup and the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup. The game was also one year and one day until the 2026 Men’s World Cup will kickoff in North America with most of those matches being played on U.S. soil and the others across the border in Canada and Mexico.
Yet Tuesday, Switzerland more than stole the show.
The Swiss carved up the U.S. defense like an Army knife through butter, shell-shocking and bombarding the U.S. Men’s National Team with four first-half goals before coasting to a 4-0 victory in a friendly at GEODIS Park in Nashville.
The loss was the fourth straight for the U.S. – the longest losing streak since 2007 – and doesn’t paint a good picture on the U.S. Soccer landscape in any way, shape or form.
Switzerland only held a 50.9 to 49.1 edge off possession, but the Swiss routinely put shots on target and dominated most categories.
Switzerland outshot the United States 12-7 overall, including 7-0 with shots on target, and even held a 7-1 edge off cornerkicks in the match, which was decided even before the half-time whistle.
Dan Ndoye opened the scoring for Switzerland in the 13th minute, followed by goals from Michel Aebischer (23rd), Breel Embolo (33rd) and Johan Manzambi (36th). Switzerland won its third straight match.
The U.S., which has had a wide variety of coaches over the last two decades, dropped its fourth game in a row for the longest such streak in 18 years. It also marked the U.S. Men’s National Team’s eighth straight defeat issued by a European side over a near four-year stretch.
The Americans couldn’t put one single shot on frame against Switzerland in the 90-minute plus stoppage time affair.
Not one.
The crowd in Nashville began to exhale its displeasure with loud chants, emotions and mannerisms, as all four Switzerland goals came in the first 36 minutes of play.
To add insult to injury, it marked the first time the U.S. had conceded four goals in a first half since doing so in a match against rival Mexico in 1980 – or some 45 years ago. It also goes down as one of the worst defeats by the U.S. in modern history.
Goalkeeper Matt Turner returned to the USMNT for the first time since March of this year and his team was missing several key players out with either injuries or other disclosed reasons. None of that mattered as the U.S. could only muster the aforementioned seven total shots – not on goal – and just one measly cornerkick.
This loss came just three days after the U.S. lost to Turkey, 2-1, in an another disappointing international match.
Mauricio Pochettino, who is now 5-5 since taking over the USMNT last fall, made several lineup changes from the Turkey to Switzerland games, and also made a multitude of changes at the half or in the second half against Switzerland to try to ignite some offense and tighten up the defensive reigns.
The changes did nothing of that sort, especially offensively.
The U.S. has been outscored 9-2 during its four-game skid – which includes matches earlier this year to Canada (2-1) and Panama (1-0), and those two games came in the Concacaf Nationals League Third-Place game and Concacaf Nationals League Semifinals, respectively.
Over the U.S. Men’s National Team’s last 10 games since Pochettino took over the helm, has only held a 15-14 scoring edge as part of the 5-5 record during that stretch.
The U.S. opens its Concacaf Gold Cup campaign Sunday against Trinidad and Tobago.
RESULTS OF THE U.S. MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM OVER ITS PREVIOUS 10 MATCHES DATING BACK TO OCTOBER 2024:
June 10, 2025: vs. Switzerland – L 4-0 (International Friendly)
June 7, 2025: vs. Turkey – L 2-1 (International Friendly)
March 23, 2025: vs. Canada – L 2-1 (CONCACAF Nations League Third Place game)
March 20, 2025: vs. Panama – L 1-0 (CONCACAF Nations League Semifinals game)
January 22, 2025: vs. Costa Rica – W 3-0 (International Friendly)
January 18, 2025: vs. Venezuela – W 3-1 (International Friendly)
November 18, 2024: vs. Jamaica – W 4-2 (CONCACAF Nations League Quarterfinals)
November 14, 2024: vs. Jamaica – W 1-0 (CONCACAF Nations League Quarterfinals)
October 15, 2024: vs. Mexico – L 2-0 Loss (International Friendly)
October 12, 2024: vs. Panama – W 2-0 (International Friendly)
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