Ricardo Pepi scored from Christian Pulisic’s pass in the fifth minute, Matt Turner saved a penalty kick and the United States won 1-0 at Jamaica in a CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal first leg, the Americans’ first competitive match under coach Mauricio Pochettino.

Parts of Kingston can get rough after dark, as anyone who’s listened to any amount of reggae music can attest. But the US men’s national team handled their business at Jamaica National Stadium Thursday night,

Mauricio Pochettino’s side take a 1-0 aggregate lead into the second leg of their Nations League quarter-final.