Jesus Ferreira scored his first two international goals and had three assists, and Paul Arriola and Jonathan Lewis each scored twice to beat the United States to a rusty Trinidad and Tobago 7-0 in an exhibition on Sunday night.
Lewis scored his first international goal, as did Miles Robinson.
After a 6-2 win over Panama in November with top American players, followed by a 6-0 defeat to El Salvador last month with a group mostly from Major League Soccer, the US scored five goals for the first time in three consecutive games.
Ferreira, a 20-year-old Dallas midfielder, obtained US citizenship in December 2019, made his US debut last February and is a son of former Colombian midfielder David Ferreira. Arriola scored twice as the US took a 4-0 lead to give him three goals in his last two caps.
Goalkeeper Matt Turner and right-back Aaron Herrera started their debut as the US once again went without European players, and 20-year-old midfielder Andres Perea made his debut at the start of the second half and was then awarded a penalty, which Turner saved. .
The 22nd-seeded Americans played only four games last year, their least since 1987, but are expected to be much busier in 2021. Two friendlies in Europe are likely in March, when players under 24 will head to Guadalajara, Mexico to join to qualify. the American men for their first Olympics since 2008. The US will meet Honduras in June in a semi-final of the first Concacaf Nations League, with the winner playing Mexico or Costa Rica.
The Americans will then travel to Trinidad in early September for the start of the World Cup qualification, delayed by the new coronavirus pandemic. the start of a compressed course of eight qualifying matches in 11 weeks.