The USA lost to Türkiye 3-2 Thursday night in their final game of World Cup group play, but the outcome did not matter to U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino. “We qualified as No. 1,” he said, “and we’re going to the next round.” The next round is the round of 32 on Wednesday against Bosnia & […]
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USA-Australia is Friday afternoon viewing hit
The final viewing figure of 16,217,000 for the USA-Australia game on Fox was the most-watched program for a Friday afternoon on broadcast television since a 2020 NFL Christmas Day game on Fox.
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Alex Freeman’s steady, then meteoric rise
If you know anything about Mauricio Pochettino, it’s that he most days doesn’t like to talk about his players in the media. It’s about the team. It’s a collective performance. But after the 2-0 win over Australia, he was happy to make an exception for 21-year-old Alex Freeman, the youngest player on the USMNT’s World Cup team. […]
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USMNT makes its own luck
The USMNT is the first team to benefit from own goals in back-to-back World Cup games.
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USA-Australia match draws almost 20.7 million viewers
The USA-Australia match at the 2026 World Cup averaged 14,781,000 viewers on Fox.
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USMNT is taking nothing for granted with Socceroos
The USA and Australia will meet on Friday with first place in Group D on the line after both teams opened the World Cup with impressive wins. Not since its two group games at the first World Cup in 1930 has the USMNT won two games in a row at the World Cup, but U.S. […]
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Angel City FC fires Alex Straus
Lilly Reale is headed home to play for Boston Legacy FC. Bay FC acquired Kennedy Fuller from Angel City FC
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USA-Paraguay viewership revised to new record
Fox’s viewership for Friday’s USA-Paraguay match that kicked off in prime time was revised upwards from 15,986,000 to 18,037,000 viewers, incorporating additional data from Nielsen. When you add the 9.5 million viewers for Telemundo’s Spanish-language coverage, that made the USMNT-Paraguay game the most-watched soccer broadcast in U.S. history with over 27.5 million viewers combined. (Previous […]
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Bruce Arena signs contract extension with Earthquakes
The San Jose Earthquakes signed second-year head coach and sporting director Bruce Arena to a new contract through the 2028-29 MLS season, which will be the league’s second full season starting in the summer.
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Time is on USMNT’s side at the World Cup
There will be two measurements of success for the 2026 World Cup that matter. How far the USMNT goes in the tournament and how much excitement its run generates in the American public.