In terms of games that don't mean a ton, a January camp friendly comprised of depth players probably ranks pretty high on the list. But for a lot of these players, it was a chance to show they were the solution at spots for World Cup qualifying in March. To that end, it doesn't make a ton of sense that the USMNT played this match on a poor artificial turf. The ball moved fast, the ball bounced high and it changed the flow of the game. It was the first time the USMNT hosted a friendly on artificial turf since 1994 and it was a rather poor artificial turf field at that. The most cynical fans might presume it was a calculated move to disrupt complaints from the women's team that they have been forced to play on artificial turf while the men always got grass, but there's a better solution for that: just put both teams on natural grass, or raise the standards of the artificial turf both teams can use. Portland's turf, for instance, is just fine.