After struggling in its first nine months under coach Mauricio Pochettino , the United States headed into a World Cup year with a five-game unbeaten streak and its most one-sided win over an opponent from South America's confederation.

“We wanted to make a statement. We wanted to show what U.S. soccer’s about,” Sebastian Berhalter said after the Americans scored four goals in a 25-man span of the first half and routed Uruguay 5-1 on Tuesday night. "We had a chance to go out here and give everything we had and show that we're ready.”

Berhalter, Alex Freeman and Tanner Tessmann all scored their first international goals and Freeman — a son of former NFL All-Pro receiver Antonio Freeman — added his second while Diego Luna scored his fourth. The U.S. led 4-0 and scored five goals

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