Julian Green struck once against for the US national team in their final warm-up before the CONCACAF Hexagonal game against Mexico next month, but a second half New Zealand score left the game in a stalemate. Green, who scored one and created another in the 2-0 win over Cuba on Friday, scored his third goal for the red, white, and blue in the 27th minute, before Monty Patterson’s equalizer in the 73rd minute of a 1-1 draw.
With just a month until the showdown with Mexico, head coach Jurgen Klinsmann experimented with his against the team from the Oceania Football Confederation, handing a first start to William Yarbrough in goal, while Kellyn Acosta got the start at left back, and Perry Kitchen’s return to RFK Stadium saw the midfielder play 64 minutes.