Son Heung-min scored in the 18th minute and set up Lee Dong-gyeong’s goal in the 43rd to lead South Korea over the United States 2-0 on Saturday in a pre-World Cup friendly, another American home game where the crowd overwhelmingly supported the visitors.

Playing against a team coached by his former Tottenham manager, Mauricio Pochettino, Son scored his 52nd international goal to move within six of Cha Bum-kun’s South Korean record.

The U.S. dropped to 10-7 under Pochettino and has just seven friendlies left before players are selected for his pre-World Cup training camp.

The 15th-ranked Americans are winless in seven games against top 25 teams — losing six — since beating Mexico in the 2024 CONCACAF Nations League final. They were outscored 11-2 in the first half of those games.

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