The United States of America and Wales tied with a goal for one, drawing the second match of Group Two of the FIFA World Cup, which is being held in the State of Qatar.

The match took place at Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium in Al-Rayyan, and it witnessed a fast pace and exciting phases from its inception until its last seconds.

The American team entered the match pressing and controlling, and was the initiator of threatening the Welsh goalkeeper, Wayne Hennessy, who blocked two dangerous balls in the first 10 minutes of the match, while the Wales national team found it very difficult to get the ball out of its own half and build real organized operations.

And in front of the great pressure from the “Yankees” team, there was no way for Wales coach Robert Page to give instructions to his players to step back and absorb the enthusiasm of Chelsea star teammates, Christian Polizic, and to rely on counterattacks led by former Real Madrid star Gareth Bale, but The Welsh coach's instructions did not bear fruit in the face of the speed and solidity of the American defense.

As expected, the Americans translated their great pressure into the first goals, in the 35th minute, carrying the signature of young striker Timothy Weah, the star of the French Lille team, after he crowned a wonderful individual effort by Pulisic, and put the ball into the net of the Gaul national team.

Thamouti is the son of the former Liberian player George Weah, who is considered the only African player to be crowned with the Golden Ball award, and the former Milan player is currently in charge of Liberia.

🇺🇸 Timothy Weah scores the first goal for the United States against Wales

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After this goal, Aaron Ramsey's teammates tried to respond and return to the result, but their shy attempts did not pose any danger to the US goalkeeper, Matt Turner, so the first half of the match ended with the Americans advancing 1-0.

Unlike the first round, the Wales national team entered the second round, taking the initiative forward in order to adjust the score and create a group of opportunities, the most dangerous of which was Ben Davis's header in the 64th minute, which the American goalkeeper hardly pushed into the corner.

The Welshmen waited until the 81st minute to adjust the score, after Gareth Bale got a penalty kick, which he himself converted into a goal, so the match ended in a 1-1 draw, and the teams divided the match points.

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With this result, the American and Welsh teams occupied second and third places with one point each, behind the leader, England, which won its first match against Iran with six goals without a response, while the latter is bottom of the standings without goals.

It is worth noting that America is participating for the 11th time in its history in the FIFA World Cup finals, while this edition is only the second for Wales.

The two teams have never faced each other on any official occasion, while they met in two previous friendly matches, the first was in 2003 and ended with the victory of the American team with two unanswered goals, and the second was in 2020 and ended in a draw without goals.