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Gregg Berhalter fired as coach of U.S. men's national team

The U.S. Soccer Federation fired Gregg Berhalter as coach of the men's national team following a performance at the 2024 Copa America that fell below expectations.,The federation made the announcement Wednesday after Berhalter faced intense scrutiny for his job security even before the host USMNT di...

U.S. Soccer reveals men's Olympic team roster

Team manager Marko Mitrovic unveiled the U.S. men's Olympic roster Monday for the 2024 Summer Games in Paris.,Fifteen of the 18 players have earned caps with the senior squad and 17 have played in MLS (10 are active) or developed in MLS academies.,Summer Games rosters are restricted to players under...

U.S.-Uruguay match draws record TV ratings

The U.S. men's national team failed on the pitch in Copa America, but public interest in the squad was high.,The team's group-stage finale, a 1-0 loss to Uruguay on Monday that knocked the United States out of the tournament, attracted an average of 3.78 million viewers on FS1. According to Fox Spor...

U.S. Soccer promises 'comprehensive review' after Copa exit

After the U.S. men's national soccer team failed to get out of the group stage at Copa America despite a favorable draw and home-pitch advantage, the United States Soccer Federation vowed to conduct a review of the results.,The main focus of that examination likely will be coach Gregg Berhalter, alr...

U.S. falls to Uruguay, eliminated from Copa America

The United States crashed out of the Copa America on Monday, losing 1-0 to Group C winner Uruguay in Kansas City, Mo.,Panama claimed the group's second qualifying spot to the quarterfinals with a 3-1 win over Bolivia on Monday in Orlando.,Uruguay (3-0-0, 9 points) will play the Group D runner-up, ei...

USMNT focuses on Uruguay in seeking path to Copa America quarterfinals

There are several scenarios where the U.S. men's national team can advance out of Group C to the quarterfinals of Copa America 2024.,But for the Americans, their thoughts are only defeating Uruguay in Kansas City on Monday with the intent of avoiding a catastrophic exit.,"I'd like to think that if w...

Panama scores late goal to stun U.S. in Copa America

Jose Fajardo scored in the 83rd minute to help Panama stun a short-handed United States team 2-1 in Group C of Copa America in Atlanta on Thursday.,His goal came with the U.S. down a man when Tim Weah was issued a red card in the 18th minute. The sides evened in the 88th when Adalberto Carrasquilla ...

USMNT attempts to overcome struggles vs. Panama at Copa America

The U.S. men's national team faces a familiar and pesky foe in Atlanta on Thursday when it goes up against Panama in a Copa America Group C match. ,Panama earned a shootout victory over the Americans in the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinals, although it should be noted that the U.S. essentially fiel...

U.S. men to follow Copa America with trio of friendlies

The United States men's national team announced a trio of friendlies to take place on home soil in the coming months, with matchups against Canada, New Zealand and Panama.,Currently participating in Copa America, the USMNT's first match following the completion of that tournament will come against C...

U.S. men to play friendly vs. Panama in Austin on Oct. 12

The United States men's national team will play a friendly against Panama on Oct. 12 in Austin, Texas.,The U.S. Soccer Federation announced the venue and time (8 p.m. CT) for the match on Tuesday.,"Fan support for both our men's and women's national teams has been outstanding each time they have pre...

Christian Pulisic, U.S. open Copa with shutout of Bolivia

The U.S. men's national team wanted a fast start to Copa America 2024 and got it off a Christian Pulisic goal in the third minute, then eased past Bolivia 2-0 in Group C play on Sunday in Arlington, Texas.,Pulisic, nicknamed "Captain America," also assisted on the 44th-minute score by Folarin Balogu...

Christian Pulisic's goal lifts USMNT to draw with Brazil

Christian Pulisic scored and Matt Turner made 11 saves as the U.S. men's national team rebounded for its first-ever draw against Brazil, 1-1 in Orlando on Wednesday in the final tune-up before Copa America.,Rodrygo scored in the 17th minute before Pulisic equalized in the 26th.,Allison made six save...

Colombia clubs USMNT thanks to late spark

Colombia scored three times in an 11-minute span late in the second half to polish off a 5-1 victory over the U.S. men's national team on Saturday in Landover, Md. ,With their first CONMEBOL Copa America match set for June 23, the Americans seemingly still have a lot of work to do. They gave up two ...

OK, maybe it’s time to have a talk about Gregg Berhalter

The natural inclination is to arm the nukes to drop on USMNT manager Gregg Berhalter after his comments that the U.S. “dominated” Canada, despite losing 2-0 and managing just three shots on target. The initial reaction is that he’s completely deluded, doesn’t know what he’s watching, and all while h...

The USWNT is halfway there, but pay equity is the tricky bit

The U.S. Women’s national soccer team’s fight for equality got a boost yesterday when they and U.S. Soccer came to a settlement on all the issues that weren’t thrown out by the court back in the spring. ...

Through the fog, there’s finally some light for the USMNT

Maybe having 10 months off from each other is exactly what the U.S. Men’s National Team and their fans needed. The last time we saw the national squad, they were hacking, gagging, and stumbling through the Gold Cup or attempting to play out from the back in another friendly with Mexico with truly di...

Sergino Dest’s move to Barcelona continues the Yanks’ storming of the castle

It wasn’t that many years ago that the push from a large swath of US Men’s National Team observers was to get more players out of MLS and to Europe. ...

U.S. Soccer Could Learn Something from England and [Checks Notes] Brazil (!) on Equal Pay

US Men’s Soccer Team Can Screw Up World Cup Qualifying in a Whole New Way This Time

If you can believe it, World Cup Qualifying in CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) was supposed to have started already. However, with FIFA canceling the spring, summer, and September international windows due to COVID-19, the North American region ...

You Can Cut Off Its Head, But The U.S. Soccer Federation - And The Dudes Running It - Are Still A Bunch Of Snakes

It wasn’t quite a Friday night news dump, but coming in the wake of a pandemic and the world’s first mass-sports suspension, it still made for tidy cover for something slimy to slither out the side door without anyone noticing. Last night, after all North American pro sports leagues were suspending ...