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After short-handed victory over Bosnia, U.S. turn focus to Belgium
It took blood and sweat to produce tears of joy as the short-handed U.S. men's national team moved to the World Cup's round of 16 with a gritty 2-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday in Santa Clara, Calif.,The USMNT's first knockout-stage win in 24 years sets up a meeting with Belgium on M...

10-man U.S. earn 2-0 win over Bosnia, charge into round of 16
Malik Tillman's free-kick goal in the 82nd minute gave the short-handed U.S. men's national team the insurance it craved to hold on for a 2-0 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina in Santa Clara, Calif., on Wednesday and advance to the World Cup's round of 16.,The United States earned their first knoc...

Canada coach Jesse Marsch, asked to give USMNT advice: 'I don't care'
Canada coach Jesse Marsch may be a native of Wisconsin and a former assistant with the United States men's national team, but don't look for him to be giving the Americans any pointers about their upcoming opponent.,Speaking with reporters Sunday following his team's 1-0 win over South Africa in the...

U.S. turn focus forward after B-team takes last-minute loss to Turkey
The preliminaries are over for the United States, who are moving on to the serious business of the World Cup knockout stage.,That's their approach after a stunning 3-2 loss to Turkey in Inglewood, Calif., on Thursday in the final and meaningless Group D match.,The U.S. (2-1-0, 6 points) entered the ...

U.S. lineup features 9 changes but no Christian Pulisic
Despite making nine changes to his lineup, U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino left Christian Pulisic on the bench for the hosts' World Cup Group D finale against Turkey on Thursday in Inglewood, Calif.,Pulisic entered as a 58th-minute sub with the match tied 2-2.,Pulisic starred early in the United Stat...

Christian Pulisic offers positive injury update: 'I don't think it's anything'
Christian Pulisic exited at halftime of the United States' 4-1 victory over Paraguay on Friday in Inglewood, Calif., due to a minor left calf injury, but the star winger offered assurances afterward that he would be OK.,With the U.S. ahead 3-0, Pulisic was a surprise scratch to open the second half,...

Folarin Balogun's brace sends US to World Cup-opening rout
The U.S. waited 32 years to play a World Cup match on home soil, and the performance met the anticipation as Folarin Balogun scored two first-half goals in a 4-1 win over Paraguay in the Group D opener on Friday at Inglewood, Calif.,After a seventh-minute own goal put the U.S. in front, Balogun scor...

USMNT recaptures belief in competitive loss to Germany
The day began with Jim Cornelison, the famed Chicago Blackhawks signer, doing his usual stirring "Star Spangled Banner," so it was appropriate the fans in Chicago went to a soccer match and a hockey game broke out.,Even though the U.S. men's national team fell to Germany 2-1 on Saturday in their las...

USWNT names roster for June friendlies vs. Brazil
The U.S. Women's National Team roster for next month's friendlies against Brazil features the reunited attacking trio of Trinity Rodman, Sophia Wilson and Mallory Swanson.,Head coach Emma Hayes announced her 26-player roster on Wednesday for the matches taking place on June 6 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, a...

Spain women remain No. 1 ahead of U.S. in FIFA rankings
Spain remained No. 1 with the United States still at No. 2 on Tuesday in the first FIFA Women's World Ranking published since December.,Making up the rest of the top 10 in the new rankings are England, Germany, Japan, Brazil, France, Sweden, Canada and the Netherlands.,A total of 276 relevant intern...

Kennedy Wesley's first goal, assist lead USWNT past Japan
Kennedy Wesley scored and had an assist during a 17-minute, second half eruption when the U.S. women's national team scored all its goals for a 3-0 victory over Japan in Commerce City, Colo., on Friday.,The U.S. won two of three in the series vs. Japan over the past week, prevailing in the finale on...

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo out of friendlies vs. US, Mexico
Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo has been left off the team's squad for friendly matches against Mexico and the United States as he continues to recover from a right hamstring injury.,Ronaldo, 41, has sat out Al Nassr's Saudi Pro League matches versus Neom and Al Khaleej.,He has undergone treatmen...
