Jalen Robinson scores for U.S. in Milk Cup
Mount St. Joseph's Jalen Robinson (left) -- shown during a game against McDonogh last fall -- is in Northern Ireland competing for the United States in the Milk Cup. (Baltimore Sun photo by Karl Merton Ferron)
Mount St. Joseph rising senior Jalen Robinson scored late in the first half Wednesday to help the U.S. under-18 men's national soccer team to a 1-1 tie against rival Mexico in the second group game of the Milk Cup in Northern Ireland.
Robinson’s goal came with just seconds remaining in the half, when he drove a low shot from about eight yards away off Victor Pineda’s corner kick.
The U.S. earned four points in two group games and will face Georgia for third-place in the six-team tournament. Denmark and Northern Ireland will play for the championship.
Robinson, a three-year starter for the Gaels and a 2010 first-team All-Metro selection by The Baltimore Sun, also entered as a substitute in a 2-0 victory over Israel on Monday.
He has already signed to play at Wake Forest.
--By Todd Karpovich
