San Antonio, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - The United States men's national team received goals from youngsters Jordan Morris and Juan Agudelo in a 2-0 defeat of Mexico in a friendly match at the Alamodome on Wednesday.

Morris, a Stanford University sophomore making his first start in just his third cap for the U.S. national team, opened the scoring in the 49th minute before second-half substitute Agudelo provided some insurance in the 72nd minute.

It proved to be enough to grant the Americans their second win of the calendar year while improving Jurgen Klinsmann's unbeaten record against Mexico as U.S. coach to six games.

Morris, 20, provided some moments of encouragement in an otherwise dull first half, but he was unable to carve out any clear scoring opportunities.

The best chance of the opening period fell to Mexico five minutes before the break when Gerardo Flores delivered a dangerous cross to the near post, but Eduardo Herrera sent his attempt just wide.

The match sprung to life in the fourth minute of the second half when Michael Bradley escaped danger in the middle of the park and played a forward pass to Gyasi Zardes. The Los Angeles Galaxy striker let the ball run and Morris was first to react, taking a direct touch into the Mexico box before sliding a right-footed shot past Cirilo Saucedo and into the back of the net.

The United States doubled the advantage in the 72nd minute, and Bradley was again the architect.

The Toronto FC midfielder sent a long ball to the corner of the box where Agudelo was arriving to settle with a deft touch. The 22-year-old then turned to face goal and drifted inside before uncorking a low shot that beat Saucedo at the near post.

The Americans came within inches of making it three by coming close on two occasions in the span of a minute.

Bradley curled a spectacular corner kick to the near post in the 79th minute where Zardes was waiting to flick on goal, but the Mexico defense managed to clear the ball off the line.

The U.S. regrouped and created another immediate scoring opportunity that resulted in Perry Kitchen meeting a square pass from Mix Diskerud, but the D.C. United midfielder saw his attempt blocked in the center of the penalty area.

Mexico made a late push for a consolation goal and nearly capitalized on some late confusion in the U.S. penalty area, but second-half substitute goalkeeper William Yarbrough came off his line to collect the ball and preserve another fabled 2-0 scoreline for the Americans against their bitter rivals.