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A worrying stat emerges ahead of Chelsea’s trip to the King Power Stadium for Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off against Enzo Maresca’s former club Leicester City. Chelsea‘s hopes of claiming all three points against Leicester City may be tempered by their recent record following international windows. The Blues went into the international break off the back of […]
Sports Mole previews Tuesday’s CONCACAF Nations League clash between USA and Jamaica, including predictions, team news and possible lineups. A place in the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Nations League will be at stake Monday when the USA welcome Jamaica to CityPark in St. Louis for leg two of that tie. The reigning champions of this […]
Agustin Cuevas Cornejo/USSF/Getty Images for USSF The confederation is undefeated. Tuesday night was a throwback to a classic Concacaf night, the kind of game the U.S. rarely sees these days and will see even less of since it doesn’t need to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The pitch was weird, the fans were […]
ULISES RUIZ/AFP via Getty Images Mauricio Pochettino’s 2-0 debut win as USMNT manager over Panama on Saturday inspired confidence that the Americans were already forging a better path after the lackluster end to the Gregg Berhalter era. Tuesday’s match against Mexico, at least for 45 minutes, was quite the different tale. The USMNT looked overmatched, […]
Omar Vega/Getty Images It was easy to think there wouldn’t be many big changes to the U.S. in the Argentine manager’s debut after Pochettino nodded at previous U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter’s tenure as successful in his prematch news conference His counterpart, Panama manager Thomas Christiansen, knows him well after they did their coaching licenses together. […]
John Dorton/ISI Photos/USSF/Getty Images In the first match under new head coach Mauricio Pochettino, the United States men’s national team defeated Panama in a friendly on Saturday night by the score of 2-0. The USMNT was able to earn some revenge after previously falling to Panama in the Copa América group stage on June 27. […]
Lars Baron/Getty Images New United States Men’s National Soccer Team head coach Mauricio Pochettino paid a massive compliment to U.S. soccer star Christian Pulisic on Friday. According to Fox Sports’ Doug McIntyre, Pochettino said the following regarding Pulisic: “I think he’s a fantastic player, one of the best offensive players in the world.” Pochettino was […]
The excitement around Pochettino is real—and it should be. This is a coach who has been around the game learning from the best his entire life. He wants to play exciting soccer. So, ahead of his debut Saturday against Panama and a trip to Guadalajara to meet Mexico, is there a catch? There are a […]
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 […]
John Dorton/ISI Photos/USSF/Getty Images The United States men’s national team looked fairly lifeless through the first hour or so of Tuesday’s friendly against New Zealand, a reminder that freshly-appointed head coach Mauricio Pochettino might indeed have his work cut out for him. And then Christian Pulisic happened. The USMNT’s star winger, brought on as a […]