AUSTIN, Texas - Ricardo Pepi and the young Americans saw a red, white and blue crowd, a scene seldom at past U.S.
World Cup qualifiers, then dominated Jamaica behind the new 18-year-old sensation and moved into first place."We’re just sitting there and we’re on the train," U.S.
coach Gregg Berhalter said Thursday night after Pepi scored in the 49th and 62nd minutes in a 2-0 victory over Jamaica. "It's amazing.
I mean, an 18-year-old gets an opportunity and takes advantage of it. What you see, and I think what I really like, he has this instinct, and it’s really hard to teach that that to players.