The USA’s 22-year-old outside back Alex Freeman’s fourth UEFA Champions League game comes on Tuesday when his Villarreal faces two-time defending champion Paris Saint-Germain.
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Americans Abroad (Spain): ‘Derby MVP’ Freeman stars in Mestalla farewell game
The Valencia-Villarreal derby, one of the fiercest rivalries in Spain, has a new hero. Alex Freeman scored the equalizer on a header for Villarreal in a 2-1 win at Mestalla, the last LaLiga match between the two teams before the stadium closes at the end of the season. He earned praise from Spanish media: “He defends like a titan and carries the ball like the gods.”
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Americans Abroad (Spain): Alex Freeman has near-flawless performance vs. Real Madrid
No returning USMNT player impressed more during the four-win window than Alex Freeman at right back. He returned to Spain for his biggest test yet at Villarreal. He cost the Yellow Submarine the goal in a 1-0 loss but otherwise impressed with his play at right back. Elsewhere, Johnny Cardoso had a great game in a Atlético Madrid win.
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Four games, four wins: USMNT shuts down Canada
After three stylish wins, the USA overcame Canada’s rustic approach to pull out a 1-0 victory and finish 4-0-0 in its fall friendly window, during which Coach Mauricio Pochettino successfully integrated a corps of teenagers into his player pool. Orlando City’s 19-year-old Justin Ellis, who entered camp with one MLS goal to his name, scored the gamewinner for his second USMNT goal. It was set up by Alex Freeman, who led the team in minutes played over the four games, in which all 28 players saw action.
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Game Report: USA-Canada Men’s Friendly Player Ratings
On Tuesday, the United States made it four wins from four matches in the September and October international window with a gutsy 1-0 win over Canada in St. Paul, Minnesota. A first-half goal from Justin Ellis sealed the win for the USMNT, which started the new cycle in perfect form.
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Pochettino looks back on Balogun red card, ahead to fresh start with young squad
On Friday, ahead of the USMNT’s first game of its second cycle under Mauricio Pochettino, the Argentine coach revisited the Folarin Balogun red-card controversy at this summer’s World Cup. “In the moment I didn’t understand the criticisms well, but now with time, I can see that you have to learn from mistakes and I think […]
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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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USA takes historic step with win over Aussies in Seattle
Some impressive singing framed the USA’s 2-0 win over Australia. First, the Australian fans sang their anthem. When they finished off — “For those who’ve come across the seas … We’ve boundless plains to share … To advance Australia fair!” — the other 70 percent of fans in Seattle Stadium followed with a rousing “The […]
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World Cup scorer Freeman follows NFL father’s footsteps
Alex Freeman said scoring a World Cup goal for the USA in Seattle where his father once scored two touchdowns for the Green Bay Packers was a “full circle family moment.” Emulating his NFL wide receiver dad, Freeman was the first to the ball when Sergino Dest’s effort looped into the air, heading past Australia’s […]
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The game of their lives
It states the obvious to observe that Mauricio Pochettino will need to get career performances out of his players if the USMNT is to go far at the 2026 World Cup. He got them all across the park on Friday in the 4-1 win over Paraguay. We think of Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie still as kids, but they just completed […]