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Dustin Satloff/USSF/Getty Images for USSF It’s not easy being the coach of a mid-tier national team. Unlike the top national sides in the world, the U.S. lacks the sort of truly elite distributors and final-third playmakers to reliably break down low blocks, which means dropping crucial points at the feet of a lower-tier Concacaf nations […]
Antonee RobinsonJohn Dorton/ISI Photos/USSF/Getty Images for USSF Tim Ream, Charlotte FC Chris Richards, Crystal Palace Miles Robinson, FC Cincinnati Mark McKenzie, Toulouse The U.S. should be worried about its center-back pool. Tim Ream is 36 and Chris Richards was poor at the Copa America, while Miles Robinson and Mark McKenzie have never been anything more […]
Bill Barrett/ISI Photos/USSF/Getty Images The United States men’s national team needs to bounce back with a win over New Zealand on Tuesday. The USMNT suffered a rare defeat to regional rival Canada on Saturday as it awaits the official appointment of Mauricio Pochettino as manager. Interim manager Mikey Varas will once again be in charge […]
Bill Barrett/ISI Photos/USSF/Getty Images The U.S. men’s national soccer team had a chance to earn some positive momentum in a friendly against Canada on Saturday. That did not happen as the USMNT fell to Canada 2-1 in Kansas City. The result marked Canada’s first win over the U.S. since 2022 and the first on U.S. […]
John Dorton/ISI Photos/USSF/Getty Images for USSF The United States men’s national team plays its first game after the firing of Gregg Berhalter on Saturday against Canada. Interim head coach Mikey Varas will be in charge of the USMNT in Kansas City. Numerous reports have the USMNT linked to Mauricio Pochettino as its new manager, but […]
Giuseppe Maffia/DeFodi Images via Getty Images American sports fans are accustomed to long droughts, but at least the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs won games when they were searching for World Series glory. Until Thursday, that was more than the San Marino soccer team could say. San Marino earned its first-ever competitive win with […]
Ira L. Black – Corbis/Getty Images It’s the end of an era for a soccer legend. Alex Morgan, who won two World Cups and an Olympic gold medal with the United States women’s national team, announced her retirement Thursday. “I’m going to get to the point quickly,” she said at the start of the video. […]
Marco Canoniero/LightRocket via Getty Images Christian Pulisic is all for the United States hiring Mauricio Pochettino. The USMNT star said Pochettino potentially taking over as head coach is “good news.” “I think it’s good news,” Pulisic told CBS (h/t ESPN). “I think it’s time for a change, it’s time for us to take another step […]
KARIM JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images Perhaps this is not as much of a con as some people would sell it as, but there’s been little to indicate Pochettino has been a devoted follower of the sport in the U.S. He can learn how things work here, working out the intricacies of a place where the […]
Alberto Gardin/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images Six weeks after signing with Real Madrid, Kylian Mbappé was formally introduced by the club to fans at Bernabéu on Tuesday. The reigning La Liga champs held a ceremony at their home stadium where Mbappé got to wear his Real Madrid jersey in front of the crowd for the first […]