FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Patrick Agyemang and Matko Miljevic scored in their international debuts, Union midfielder Jack McGlynn got his first national team goal, and the United States beat Venezuela 3-1 on Saturday in a friendly between teams missing their regular starters.

Patrick Agyemang and Matko Miljevic scored in their international debuts, Jack McGlynn got his first national team goal and the United States beat Venezuela 3-1 in a friendly between teams missing their regular starters.

A few newcomers, including Jack McGlynn and Patrick Agyemang, made an impression for the USMNT in their win over Venezuela in Florida.

New coach Mauricio Pochettino, like his predecessors, is using this period to evaluate the next generation of talent while Major League Soccer is in its early stages of preseason with 20 of the 21 players in camp representing 14 MLS clubs. The lone exception is the Miami-born Miljevic, who recently signed for Huracan of Argentina.

The U.S. men's national soccer team opens its 2025 campaign with a friendly match against Venezuela on Saturday. Follow here for live updates.

Midfielder Jack McGlynn scored a screamer and created another goal as an experimental United States team beat a second-string Venezuela 3-1 in a friendly on Saturday.The USA looked the brightest with Miljevic and the 21-year-old McGlynn both influential in midfield and it was the latter who opened the scoring in the 37th minute in spectacular fashion.