{"id":1660860,"date":"2022-09-27T17:08:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T21:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1660860"},"modified":"2022-09-27T17:09:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T21:09:03","slug":"soccer-lacklustre-united-states-held-to-0-0-draw-by-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soccer-lacklustre-united-states-held-to-0-0-draw-by-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer-Lacklustre United States held to 0-0 draw by Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsoccer-lacklustre-united-states-held-to-0-0-draw-by-saudi-arabia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1660860&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>(Reuters) \u2013     United States were held to a 0-0 draw by Saudi Arabia in Murcia, Spain on Tuesday as the Americans again struggled to create chances in their final friendly before the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The pressure was on for the U.S. after a woeful 2-0 defeat to Japan in their penultimate warm-up, when they failed to record a single shot on goal, and they left fans with plenty to worry about ahead of the tournament in Qatar as they failed to break down the Saudi defence.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\">\n<\/div>\n<p>A pair of brilliant saves from Matt Turner kept it scoreless, as American keeper kept out a shot to the bottom right in the first minute from Sultan Al Ghannam and a 70th-minute effort from Haitham Asiri.<\/p>\n<p>But the performance left little cause for optimism as the United States get set to return to the World Cup stage four years after failing to qualify. <\/p>\n<p>With just two shots on goal, the lacklustre Americans created few opportunities and the departure of midfielder Giovanni Reyna in the 30th minute as a precautionary measure was a heavy blow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t fault the effort but we need to keep improving,\u201d coach Gregg Berhalter said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s nervy times \u2013 people are worried about being on the roster or not\u2026 The confidence isn\u2019t there yet but we\u2019ll get there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York; 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