"It's not an excuse at all because both teams deal with that, but that's just ... that can't happen. That was a bit strange. A lot of times you get the ball and you look up, you can't really lock in on something. You only can base it off the color of the shirt. That's how it works. And when it's very similar, it's difficult."
"Whenever you do a quick glance to tell which was which, it was almost like a fifty-fifty thing. So you definitely had to maybe take a little bit more time on the ball before you made a decision or play one-touch to a player."
Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie noted that the similar jersey colors of Belgium and the United States made it challenging to identify teammates during the match. Pulisic stated that it was difficult to lock in on players based solely on shirt color. Both players emphasized that while the jersey colors posed a challenge, they did not consider it an excuse for the 5-2 defeat. Belgium scored four goals in the second half, ending the U.S. team's five-game unbeaten streak.
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