The youngest player in the U.S. team by a month and a half, Joe Scallywas one of the players who may not have been called up had only 23 spots (instead of 26) to Qatar been available. He played himself onto Berhalter’s roster by performing at a high level for Borussia Munchengladbach in the Bundesliga. […]
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MLS at World Cup: Three players come away with wins
Swiss Xerdan Shaqiri of the Chicago Fire and Ecuadorians José Cifuentes and Jhegson Mendez of LAFC were the only three MLS players to see the field and come away with three points during the first round of games in group play in Qatar. In fact, they were the only players from MLS teams to win their […]
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Watch: How USA scored its 37 goals in 10 World Cups
The USA has scored 37 goals in 10 World Cups, for an average of 3.7 goals a tournament. You can watch every goal — seven animated and 30 from the television archives.
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Watch (USMNT 26 Stories): Jordan Morris on overcoming Type 1 diabetes and two ACL tears
Jordan Morris, the winner of the 2015 MAC Hermann Trophy — the best player award in NCAA ball — is one of the 26 men to represent the United States on the biggest sporting stage in the world. Morris, who shot Stanford to the national title his junior year, is also the first U.S. player […]
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Watch: Jon Hamm return as Santa for winter World Cup alert
With the World Cup stretching into the holiday season for the first time ever, World Cup ads are decidedly different this time around. Enter Santa, played by Jon Hamm, in his second promo ad for Fox’s coverage. USA’s World Cup opener against Wales is only three weeks away. Hamm’s first promo for Fox showed him […]
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Matthew Doyle: 'There are almost zero absolute truths in this game of ours'
Matthew “Armchair Analyst” Doyle, an American soccer writer since MLS’s inception, was in high school during the 1990 World Cup, which is when he started following the sport in earnest. Then the USA hosted the World Cup in 1994, MLS kicked off two years later, and Doyle knew he had to be involved, in one […]
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Datebook: World Cup 2022 qualifying (Concacaf)
Matchday 9/Thursday, January 27 USA vs El Salvador, Columbus, Ohio (6:30 pm.) Jamaica vs Mexico in Kingston (7 pm.) Honduras vs Canada in San Pedro Sula (8:05 pm.) Costa Rica vs Panama in San Jose (9:05 pm.) Matchday 10/Sunday, January 30 Canada vs USA in Hamilton, Ont. (3:05 pm.) *Mexico vs Costa Rica in Mexico […]
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What They're Saying: Felix Sanchez
“I think the players were aware that it was going to be tough with the crowd, but I think they controlled their emotions very well. It was difficult for the players, it’s normal in a semifinal tocelebrate, and I think it was only a few people who behaved in a not proper way, most were […]
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What They're Saying: Xherdan Shaqiri
“It is difficult when you play a team of players you don’t know. In those kind of games, you can only lose. We watched them on video, but we didn’t know their players at all, so it was difficult.Still, they deserved to win.” — Swiss star Xherdan Shaqiri after Switzerland, which reached the round of […]
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Expanded World Cup (48 teams) could come as soon as 2022
When FIFA awarded Qatar the hosting rights to the 2022 World Cup in December 2010, the plan was the tournament would be played in the summer with 32 teams. Business as usual. But itquickly became clear it was unfeasible to play the World Cup in the summer in Qatar, where average daytime highs in the […]