LAS VEGAS — Having grown up in England and played in the Arsenal academy, Folarin Balogun knows something about passionate soccer rivalries.
But it's unlikely even that background prepared for him what he experienced Thursday when he made his U.S. national team debut in a 3-0 win over Mexico in a CONCACAF Nations League semifinal that ended with both teams missing multiple players to red cards.
The victory, the most one-sided by the Americans in a CONCACAF match with Mexico, ran the USMNT's unbeaten streak over El Tri to six games and earned it a berth in Sunday's championship game with Canada, which beat Panama, 2-0, in the first semifinal on goals from Jonathan David and Alphonso Davies.
