Morgan Schneiderlin, Memphis Depay, Matteo Darmian and Bastian Schweinsteiger all made their Manchester United debuts in a 1-0 victory over ...
Schneiderlin opened the scored the only goal of the game after just five minutes of the first half with a looping header from a Juan Mata cross.
The Frenchman, Depay and Darmian were all subbed by Louis van Gaal at the interval, with Schweinsteiger coming on to make his first appearance for the club.
Schweinsteiger impressed as United controlled the second half but failed to add to their lead.
United benefitted from pressing high up the pitch, and America's forwards were struggling to deal with the tactic, caught offside on no less than six occasions in the first half alone.
United should have added to their lead multiple times throughout, but were lucky not to lose it in the 72nd minute when Alejandro Diaz was denied by the left post from close range.
It mattered little, though, as United escaped with a clean-sheet win.
Mata had a chance to make it 2-0 himself in the 14th minute, but his shot was straight at Gonzalez.
Daley Blind was fortunate not to concede a penalty for his seemingly late challenge on Miguel Samudio, while captain Rubens Sambueza brought down Depay seconds later and earned a yellow card.
Wayne Rooney had his first meaningful sight on goal six minutes from the interval, linking well with Depay but powered a left-foot effort wide of the target.
United continued to be wasteful in the second period after Van Gaal completely changed his XI, with Andreas Pereira, Adnan Januzaj and Ander Herrera all missing the target when they should have tested Gonzalez.
And those missed chances nearly came back to hurt United, when Diaz struck the post after getting on the end of a cross in from the left with Anders Lindegaard beaten.
But United held on to their lead having looked comfortable for much of the second half.
