World Cup co-hosts the United States can be “too honest” in games and need to improve at soccer’s dark arts for their opener against Paraguay, midfielder Cristian Roldan said Tuesday. The USA kicks off their campaign against the highly experienced South Americans on Friday, and are under pressure to top a group also containing Australia […]
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‘It doesn’t matter’: U.S. star Gio Reyna looks past World Cup scandal
U.S. soccer star Gio Reyna on Tuesday said he has put the controversy of the 2022 World Cup behind him and is solely focussed on helping the co-hosts succeed this summer. Four years ago the United States midfielder was almost sent home from Qatar after a bust-up with then-coach Gregg Berhalter, in a lurid row […]
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Fans turned out Monday at the USA’s base camp, the Great Park Sports Complex in Irvine, California.
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Tab Ramos believes U.S. talent can fuel a deep World Cup run. But has the program progressed in four years?
“The big question to ask: Are we better off today than we were when we left Qatar four years ago after losing to the Netherlands, 3-1?”
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World Cup 2026: Rosters
For the 2026 World Cup, final rosters of 23-26 players were due on June 1. FIFA will release the official rosters of the 48 teams on June 2.
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World Cup is ‘full circle’ for London-raised U.S. striker Balogun
Raised in London by Nigerian parents, Folarin Balogun didn’t quite know what to expect when he signed up to play for the United States at the World Cup. “I didn’t realize at that moment how big football — soccer — was out here in America,” admitted the striker, who was born in New York, but […]
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• USMNT: Fifteen members of the 1994 U.S. World Cup team were honored before the USA-Germany game in Chicago. With other former members of the national team working in various capacities at Soldier Field, it was a big event, and they had a lot to say. • Jonathan Tannenwald (Philadelphia Inquirer): Former Union sporting director Earnie […]
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USMNT: What Pochettino has accomplished and needs to work on, from three predecessors
Good American soccer content comes in many forms these days. Right up there is the Coaches Corner, a podcast with Bruce Arena, Bob Bradley and Gregg Berhalter, who will talk with host Rob Stone after each U.S. match. They aren’t just all former U.S. World Cup head coaches. Bradley was Arena’s assistant at Virginia, D.C. United and on the […]
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Game Report: USA-Germany Men’s Friendly Player Ratings
The U.S. fell 2-1 to Germany in their final tune-up match ahead of the World Cup.
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Chicago captures the World Cup spirit, boosting both Germany and the USMNT
Chicago hosted five 1994 World Cup games, including its opening game. But it withdrew from 2026 World Cup bidding in 2018 when then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Chicago would not write FIFA a “blank check.” And yet it felt like the World Cup in Chicago this weekend when the USA hosted Germany in their final test […]