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USMNT lose to Panama: Instant reaction to Pochettino's first competitive loss

After Thursday’s surprise loss, the United States will head to Sunday’s third-place match in the Concacaf Nations League.

For the first time in Mauricio Pochettino’s brief tenure, the U.S. men’s national team lost a competitive game.

After Panama topped the United States in last summer’s Copa America, they topped the United States 1-0 in Thursday’s Concacaf Nations League semifinal, sending them to Sunday’s third-place match.

So, what went wrong for the USMNT? And what did we learn?

Sanjay Sujanthakumar (on-site with the U.S. in Los Angeles) and Joe Lowery (on-his-couch-in-Phoenix) combine to share their rapid-fire thoughts on the USMNT’s loss.

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