Folarin Balogun's equalizer came via a nice team play that ran through Tanner Tessmann, Timothy Weah, and Malik Tillman, none of whom would feel sheepish about their days in the Yanks' dark blue shirt.

A superstar in the Premier League who just moved to the U.S. to join LAFC, Son Heung-Min scored the game's opening goal in the 18th minute, beating USMNT goalkeeper Matthew Freese from a tight angle on the left side. Son played for years at Tottenham under current USMNT manager Mauricio Pochettino, developing into one of the world's top players.

Happy Friday! World Cup qualifying is back in full swing, and while Concacaf will be among the federations taking center stage, later tonight, the United States men's national team will play a high-level friendly against Ecuador. I'm Chuck Booth and I'm here to get you primed for that and a weekend of qualifiers around the world.

Pulisic missed a penalty for AC Milan, and the match finished 0-0 at the Allianz Stadium. Pulisic was called up for the national team and trained with the rest of the USMNT. Just a day before the friendly against Ecuador, Mauricio Pochettino hinted that Pulisic may be out for the match.

Mauricio Pochettino's United States men's national team will get a good challenge from fellow World Cup entrants Ecuador at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas on Friday.