After his heroic performance tonight in the penalty shootout, Matt Turner took off his kit to reveal “RIP Malia” written across the shirt.
Malia Jusczyk was a young soccer fan and honorary New England Revolution captain, who passed away recently from pediatric cancer.
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Leeds United are so popular now in the US that NBC is putting their game this Saturday against Brighton on USA network— pushing Man City, Liverpool, and Chelsea’s games to Peacock instead.
Incredible.
The emotional man looking at his medal is Ryota Nishimura, the Japanese assistant coach who moved to México in 2012.
He met Jimmy Lozano at a coaching course, and became his right-hand man.
Nishimura speaks fluent Spanish and sings the Mexican anthem passionately.🇲🇽🇯🇵
On Saturday, Atlanta United U-15s defeated Manchester United U-15s 4-0 in the Generation Adidas Cup 😳
The players then celebrated with Alex Morgan’s iconic “Tea Drinking” celebration, which she did when the USWNT defeated England back in the 2019 Women’s World Cup 😂🫖
Sebastián Lletget has *allegedly* cheated on Becky G. The couple just got engaged recently.
Lletget lost his spot in the USMNT, got bounced around by teams in MLS, and now about to lose Becky G is just over a year. The man is fumbling HARD.
USMNT legend Tim Howard’s daughter Ali Howard has committed to play college soccer.
Ali, unlike her old man, will be a striker for the University of Tennessee 🟠
She was only seven when Howard put in a masterclass performance against Belgium in the 2014 World Cup. Feel old yet?
Salvadoran-American Idalia Serrano, who graduated from UCLA and now plays for Utah Valley Wolverines, spoke about her decision to represent El Salvador 🇸🇻
“I was born in the U.S. but my blood comes from here.”
“It’s a responsibility to represent my family, my blood, my roots.”
After the first season with Fulham, Tim Ream was told he could leave by then-manager.
Instead, Ream asked when he should report for preseason.
He then impressed at the preseason camp and changed the manager’s mind. 8 years later, Ream is still there.
This is his story.
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Reggie Cannon 🗣️
“I’m just gonna come right out and say it, the [Portuguese] Primeira Liga is much more intense and harder to play in than MLS.”
“There is nothing I’d compare to having a life or death game on the last day of the season.”
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[via Fútbol Americas]
Tim Ream is determined to play another World Cup with USMNT.
"Why can't I get to another one? I had that taste and I'm like, I want another one. So that's where I'm at.”
"I sometimes feel like people are trying to retire me, but I'm not ready for that."
He’ll be 38 in 2026.
37-year-old Jesús Navas and 35-year-old Ivan Rakitić lifting the trophy together side by side. What a beautiful sight 🤩
They spent a combined 22 years in Sevilla. Both left for bigger clubs but returned to finish their careers at the club they love ❤️
Inter Miami should move into Hard Rock Stadium until their stadium in Miami is complete.
1) Ticket demands are going to be crazy and they need a bigger stadium.
2) Messi shouldn’t be spending his last few years as a player in an 18,000 temporary stadium that looks like this.
Marsman (Inter Miami): "I personally think that this club is not ready for Messi's arrival. We have a temporary stadium, people can just walk on the pitch, there are no gates. We also leave for the stadium without security. I think they aren't ready. But I hope he comes." [espn]
BJ Callaghan was asked who stood out and made a name for themselves tonight.
“Jalen Neal. He came in at half-time and looked like he’s been playing for a long time at the national team level.”
19-year-old Neal played his third ever game for the USMNT tonight.
The Philippines lost the game, but their goalkeeper Olivia McDaniel can walk away her head held high. 👏🏾
She had 6 saves today, with an impressive double save right before Switzerland’s 2nd goal.
McDaniel was born and raised in California to an American dad and a Filipino mom.
USMNT defender Chris Richards is from Birmingham, Alabama.
As a kid, there weren’t many options to play soccer in his hometown, forcing Richards to move to Texas in 2016.
Tonight, he is back home supporting Birmingham Legion FC— a club that’s been competing in USL since 2019.
Young American currently playing in Spain has been called up to Guatemala national team. 🇺🇸🇬🇹🇪🇸
Acacia Edwards is a 20-year-old forward at Málaga. She’s eligible for Guatemala because of her grandfather.
A California native, she went off to Spain right after high school in 2022
It’s great to see Korbin Albert getting called up to the USWNT for the first time.
The 20-year-old was a star for Notre Dame, scoring 28 goals in 44 games as a midfielder.
She gave up two more years of college for a move to PSG this year, instead of opting for the NWSL.
@joshua_reports
I mean Leicester do have a Thai billionaire so it’s not like they had financial problems. And it’s true Girona are owned by CFG, but it’s not like they’re out here spending big on transfers. What they’re doing is very impressive.
Ricardo Pepi on pressure 🗣���
“Pressure is not being able to have food for your family on dinner time. That’s what real pressure is.”
“I don’t think pressure is playing the sport I love, something I grew up playing as a little kid. I don’t consider that pressure.”
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Tim Ream became a professional player at 22, after college.
After two years in MLS, he cancelled his honeymoon for a Premier League move to Bolton in 2012.
He then moved to Fulham in 2015. Today, his contract’s been extended to 2025.
What a journey it’s been so far 👏🏾
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Benjamín Cremaschi recently revealed the conversation he had with Argentina U-20 coach Javier Mascherano 🗣️
“He was very honest, he told me what was best for me.”
“I understood it perfectly and that’s why I chose to go with the U.S.”
“I hope to go to the Olympics.”
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Sevilla got 2 lucky goals against Manchester United at Old Trafford. But there was nothing lucky about tonight, as they destroyed the English club 3-0.
Incredible scenes in Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán. What an atmosphere 🤩
@SelecaoTalk
Gary Neville and Roy Keane specifically mentioned Italian teams but you and that Manchester United fan you quote tweeted immediately thought of Barcelona. Your hatred for Pep Guardiola seems to be growing everyday.
Jermaine Jones on Landon Donovan’s dual-national comments
“When I came to this country, I did everything I was asked to. I learned the language and tried to be like everyone else born and raised here.”
“But I don’t feel the same appreciation because I wasn’t born here.”
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Everybody knows Christian Pulisic as a Croatian-American. However, he has as much Italian heritage as Croatian heritage.
His grandfather, Mate Pulišić, married an Italian woman Johanna Di Stefano after moving to the US.
He said his grandma would be proud of this move.
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Yunus Musah, who was eligible for 3 other countries, debuted for USMNT around 3 years ago this time.
This month, he had a chance to welcome Kristoffer Lund, who chose to represent USMNT over Denmark.
The smile between them two during the national anthem was beautiful to see 🇺🇸
Folarin Balogun probably thought USMNT has a huge fanbase because his social media was spammed by Americans.
Then in his first game, he played in front of 90% Mexican fans. The second game, it was a half-empty stadium.
And now? He played in front of 16k fans in a 22.5k stadium
FC Dallas keeper Maarten Paes is close to getting Indonesian citizenship and representing the Indonesia national team.
It’s too late for the Asian Cup in January, but Paes will play in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
He led MLS in save percentage this season with 76.4%. 🇮🇩
#DTID
USMNT legend Earnie Stewart joined PSV as Director of Football this year— appointing Peter Bosz as the manager and signing Ricardo Pepi, Sergiño Dest, and Malik Tillman.
PSV have won 15 out of 15 league matches and reached the UCL knockout stage for the first time in 8 years. 👏🏾
USMNT legend DaMarcus Beasley spent three years at PSV, where he won two league titles and helped the club reach the Champions League semifinals.
Last week, he visited his former stadium, and took a photo with Earnie Stewart, Sergiño Dest, Ricardo Pepi, and Malik Tillman. 🙌🏽🇺🇸
New MLS side San Diego FC are building a $150 million residential academy “Right to Dream”, along with a private school for grades six through 12.
It’s a free academy and school set to train the best talent in the US.
Joaquín Escoto, founder of Alianza de Fútbol, is in charge.
No Italy, Colombia, Egypt, or Algeria at the 2022 World Cup.
That means we lost some of the biggest and most passionate fanbases traveling to Qatar this winter.
Johnny Cardoso on his connection with the U.S. 🗣️
“It all started with my parents coming to the U.S. I was born at the time of the 9/11 attack and returned to Brazil shortly after.”
“But I’ve always felt American inside me, the opportunity to play for the USMNT is incredible.”
Tony Meola on Gregg Berhalter making
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players stand up one by one to tell Gio Reyna he hasn’t been good enough 🗣️
“If it were me at 20 years old, I probably would’ve walked out the room.” 😂
[via Soccer America]
Luca De La Torre on moving to La Liga from Eredivisie 🗣️
“The level of football is higher [here] obviously, both physically and technically.”
“When I was playing in Holland, the fans called me ‘Frenkie De Jong from Aldi’ which is like De Jong from a cheap supermarket.”😂
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I’m loving the banter in the USMNT camp already.
Weston McKennie to Folarin Balogun: “You know ramen noodles?”
Chris Richards: “Ramen noodles is worldwide, what are you talking about? How about Corn dogs?”
McKennie: “Leggo my Eggos.”
Everyone is talking about Weston McKennie in this clip but look who was the first one to confront César Montes. It was Yunus Musah.
I’ve been watching Musah playing at Valencia for 3 years. I’ve never seen him that angry or get into fights.
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Sophia Smith used to commute 3-4 hours in round tip to Denver from Fort Collins after school for practices.
She’d practice for 2 hours, do her homework, and eat dinner in the car so she could shower and go straight to sleep once she got back home.
Sacrifices paid off.
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Guatemala called up many Guatemalan-Americans for training camps ahead of W Gold Cup qualifier vs El Salvador.
Among them was teenage sensation Marisol Stosich, born and raised in Idaho to Guatemalan mom.
She speaks fluent Spanish and said her family cried after her call-up🇬🇹🇺🇸
Luca De La Torre: “Growing up in San Diego, I was the only white guy in my teams. Other players were all Mexican.”
“My dad is from Canary Islands in Spain. So he was very happy when I signed for Celta Vigo. He even stopped speaking to me in English for two months.” 😂
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Spanish legend Joaquín Sánchez says goodbye tonight in tears.
The 41-year-old tied Andoni Zubizarreta's La Liga record with 622 appearances.
He was one of the 3 active players from the 2002 World Cup, along with Gianluigi Buffon and Zlatan Ibahimović.
CBS Sports confirmed that Yunus Musah, who’s a Muslim, will play today’s game against Jamaica while fasting.
He won’t be eating or drinking until 8pm, when the sun sets in Arlington, Texas. The game starts at 6pm local time.
He’s also been waking up at 5am to pray
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Kevin Paredes on John Brooks: “It’s been great having someone that can speak English with me. First day I got here, he came to the photoshoot to introduce himself. I then wanted to train by myself with one of the coaches and he came from his day off to train with me.”
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USMNT legend Kasey Keller on the January camp 🗣️
“I understood it a little bit back in the day. There were a lot more players on the national team playing in MLS.”
“Now, it’s almost a disservice to call it a national team camp, because it’s really not.”
[via Fútbol Americas]
Zach Booth and Taylor Booth did a post-match interview together.
Zach: “We had a bet. I’m really proud of Taylor, I like this rivalry. Next time, I hope it’s me with a hat trick. Tonight, I will pay for dinner.”
Taylor: “I’m gonna make sure it’s 5-star and expensive.” 😂
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Yunus Musah on attendance in games vs Jamaica and México 🗣️
“When the stadium is not full, it’s hard because the atmosphere isn’t great so we have to dig energy from ourselves.”
“It’s better to play in full stadium like [vs México] even if 95% of fans are against you.”
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Ricardo Pepi 🗣️
“It still seems like a dream: scoring against México and playing in Europe. A lot has happened in the last 6 months, I haven't had time to think about what I've done.”
“We went out on the pitch to teach them, that's what we did, the result says it all.”
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Matt Miazga on his relationship with Gregg Berhalter 🗣
“We didn’t see eye to eye on few things in the past and that has affected me from being called up. But it is what it is.”
“I’d like to say few things but I’ll refrain from that. You guys will eventually find out.”
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Former USMNT midfielder Jermaine Jones is now the head coach of USL’s Central Valley Fuego.
On Tuesday, his team got eliminated in the U.S. Open Cup by El Farolito Soccer Club— a semi pro team named after a Mexican restaurant chain in San Francisco.
This is El Farolito’s story
Josh Sargent on becoming a young father 🗣️
“I know it sounds weird because I’m very young, but I’ve always been a very family oriented guy. I’ve been with my wife since we were 14.”
“Having a baby puts perspective on things and makes you not so stressed about football.”
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The U.S. born goalkeeper Zion Suzuki is a part of the Japanese squad for the upcoming Asian Cup this month.
The 21-year-old was born in Little Rock, Arkansas to Ghanaian-American father and Japanese mother.
Suzuki is expected to be Japan’s starting keeper in this tournament.
Earlier today, Indy Eleven ownership group Keystone accused the city of backing out from $1.5 billion Eleven project, which includes a 20,000 seater stadium.
Indianapolis mayor Joe Hogsett then announced plans to bid for an MLS franchise with an undisclosed ownership group. 😳
Jesús Ferreira🗣️
“We’re all humans. We all see social media and the comments, and obviously it gets to us.”
“I’m starting to realize that each year I play there’s going to be more hate. So it’s knowing how to block that off, proving them wrong, and just playing my game.”
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USMNT legend Tony Meola on Copa América 🗣️
“Gregg Berhalter now has to take this team to the next step. I don’t think we’ve seen that yet.”
“They need a signature win, I don’t care if it’s Brazil or Colombia.”
“We keep talking about México matches. We did this 25 years ago.”
USMNT’s Luca De La Torre will play under Rafa Benítez at Celta Vigo, a top coach who’s been at elite clubs.
More importantly, Benítez speaks English, which is great for Luca who still can’t speak fluent Spanish.
Benítez: How’s your Spanish?
Luca: Good, getting better. 😂
Fabian Johnson has to be the most underrated and disrespected player by the USMNT fans.
At times, he was the best player for the USMNT and was versatile enough to play in multiple positions.
But nowadays, he gets put in the same category as other German-Americans who flopped.
The 28-year-old Midge Purce’s achievements so far.
✅ Graduated from Harvard University.
✅ Co-founded the Black Women's Players Collective.
✅ Serving a six-year term as a member of the Board of Overseers at Harvard.
✅ Won the NWSL Championship and was named MVP.
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@fkalexbelike
@RockkStarrrrr
He’s literally a TEENAGER who just got fame and large amount of money thrown at him, and this GROWN woman is taking advantage of that.
Jurgen Klinsmann 🗣
“In my time with
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, I tried to get players (to move) overseas, get them clubs in other countries. Now 80, 90% of the squad play in Europe. Many are at Champions League teams, which was unheard of before. So the quality definitely rose.” [The Athletic]
We could see USMNT games in Hawaii soon 👀
Hawaii is planning to build the new Aloha Stadium by 2026, which will seat 35,000 and is estimated to cost less than $500 million.
It will host a variety of sports, such as American football, soccer, and rugby.
[Front Office Sports]
Ricardo Pepi 🗣️
“One of the main reasons to come here [Groningen] was because Luis Suárez played here,”
“We have a lot in common. We come from the same culture and both have the Latino blood. Him Uruguayan and me Mexican. And I am just as hungry for goals as he is.”
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Japan got invited to the Copa América back in 2019. They sent a mostly U-23 squad, which was preparing for the Tokyo Olympics.
Despite going out of group stage, the players got a valuable experience playing against quality teams. Japan then reached the semifinals in the Olympics
“Why not make this tournament mean something?”
— Herculez Gomez criticized US Soccer for not bringing a U23 focused team to the Gold Cup to prepare for the Olympics. 🗣️
@herculezg
Ricardo Pepi on why he chose the USMNT over México 🗣️
“México wanted me to play for their U-20s and eventually make my way up to the first team and I felt like I’m past that.”
“Eventually the U.S. gave me better opportunities and it was easy to decide where I wanted to go.”
79-year-old American billionaire Bill Foley is making huge investments in Bournemouth with a £90 million new stadium and £32 million training ground 🤑
“I have big ambitions for this team, and I’m running out of time. So I have to make sure I do things quickly and efficiently.”
Tim Weah’s father, George Weah who is the current president of Liberia, will reportedly be in Qatar for 9 days to watch his son play in the World Cup 🙌🏽
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Luca De La Torre on differences in mentality between La Liga and Eredivisie 🗣️
“The thing I like about playing here is we believe we can win big games. We lost in the last minute to Barcelona and Madrid.”
“In Heracles, the coach would say we’d lose before playing Ajax.”
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Esmir Bajraktarević is the youngest player in this USMNT January camp. But he was the most impressive player in today’s game.
He brought a lot of energy in limited minutes and took defenders on.
The 18-year-old was born and raised in Wisconsin to Bosnian parents 🇧🇦🇺🇸
Drake Callender never played for US youth national teams, and made his professional debut in May 2021– when he was 23.
2 years later, he helped Inter Miami win their first trophy, and was awarded keeper of the tournament. He was also a part of USMNT’s Nations League squad. 👏🏾🏆
Absolutely fantastic atmosphere at Anoeta tonight 🔥
Real Sociedad are VERY close to playing in the Champions League for the first time since the 2013/14 season, and you can tell how excited their fans are.
A deserving 2-0 win against Real Madrid.
After living in a refugee camp in Tanzania, Bernard Kamungo moved to the U.S. with his family aged 14.
He received his U.S. citizenship last year and is now a part of the U-23 squad.
“I was born as a refugee and I'm still a refugee till now, and that will never change.”
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On this day 20 years ago, Manchester United signed Tim Howard from NY/NJ MetroStars.
Howard only had 9 caps for USMNT back then, and was behind Brad Friedel and Kasey Keller in the pecking order.
Yet, he was signed as the first-choice keeper for the Premier League champions.
Reggie Cannon on Jesús Ferreira 🗣️
“Jesús has quality to play in Europe, his touch is one of the cleanest I’ve ever seen.”
“Unless you go to Europe, you’re not gonna see the best version of yourself, you won’t get it out of MLS. So he needs to go.”
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[via Fútbol Americas]
Unpopular opinion: I don’t see anything wrong with what Matt Miazga did 🤷🏽♂️
I want guys like that on my team, who would do whatever it takes to try to win. Even if you end up looking silly when it didn’t work.
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Shared this story on a big USMNT group on Facebook and there are many negative comments. Some saying they’re sick of “foreigners” and another saying “imported culture.”
Yunus Musah was born in the U.S.
This fanbase has a long way to go on accepting other cultures and religions.
CBS Sports confirmed that Yunus Musah, who’s a Muslim, will play today’s game against Jamaica while fasting.
He won’t be eating or drinking until 8pm, when the sun sets in Arlington, Texas. The game starts at 6pm local time.
He’s also been waking up at 5am to pray
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Tim Howard on current USMNT goalkeeper pool 🗣️
“We had it figured out for a long time, didn’t we? It seems like we’ve hit a little bit of a rut.”
“If I’m being brutally honest, goalkeeping coaching has dropped a level as well, and the game has continued to evolve.”
For American soccer fans, there is another team besides the USWNT that you should be on the lookout for in the Women’s World Cup— the Philippines.
Out of the 23 players on the Filipino squad, 18 are Americans. They were born and raised in the US and from mixed backgrounds. 🇵🇭🇺🇸
Tim Weah on playing left-back for Lille 🗣️
“I watch videos of Marcelo.”
"I'm still in the learning phase defensively. But I'm starting to show that I'm capable of playing in this position. I'm happy that the team trusts me and I try to give back to them."
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[via GOAL]
Official
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account on Instagram posted this an hour ago about
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players who just played in the US with European clubs such as Christian Pulisic, Sergiño Dest, and Matt Turner.
Unfortunately, they forgot about Luca De La Torre. And he responded to the post with “👍”
Jordan Pefok was honored today by his club Young Boys after finishing as the top scorer in the Swiss League, and he made sure to bring out the US flag.
Pefok scored 22 goals in 32 league games this past season, and has been linked with a move to Borussia Dortmund.
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At 15, Tajon Buchanan left Canada for Colorado with his best friend’s family.
He played 2 years at Syracuse University and was drafted to MLS at 20. He then moved to Belgium at 22, and now at 24, he just signed for Inter Milan.
What a journey so far 👏🏾
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Christian Pulisic knows some Spanish, and he hopes that can help him in learning Italian as he settles in at Milan.
“I can understand Spanish quite well, so I definitely hear a lot of familiar words in Italian.”
“I’m gonna go all in and learn Italian as soon as I can.”
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Haji Wright sends a message to USMNT fans ahead of Copa América 🗣️
“Just dream. We have to be realistic with ourselves but we have a great team.
“Why can’t we go to the final? Why can’t we win the tournament? There’ve been teams with less talent than us that went to the final.”
Luca De La Torre 🇪🇸🇺🇸 spoke about his experience living in Spain so far.
“I didn’t speak any Spanish when I arrived. It was quite difficult, especially the language.”
“There are a lot of differences in culture. Everyone eats dinner at 10pm.” 😂
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[via CBS Sports]
Colombia beat Germany 2-0 in Germany today.
The first goal was a beauty. A great cross from Juventus’ Juan Cuadrado met by a great header from Liverpool’s Luis Díaz.
9 out of 11 that started for Colombia play in top European leagues. Underrated squad.
Brandon Vázquez🗣️
“One of my goals is to go to Europe. I think if I want to make the 2026 world cup roster, I have to be overseas competing in the best leagues in the world.
“The best scenario for me is to bring Cincinnati a championship and make the jump [this winter].”
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One American player in a top five league who’s gone under radar of many USMNT fans this season is Lennard Maloney.
Maloney played 29 league games as Heidenheim finished 8th in their first ever Bundesliga season 👏🏾
The 24-year-old is capable of playing both as a CDM and CB.
Gianluca Busio believes playing in relegation and promotion battles helps him grow into a better player.
“When I first moved here, going through the relegation, it helped me a lot to get to this point where I am at now.”
“Now it’s the opposite [fighting for promotion].”
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Thierry Henry: “People always say about the Spanish league, that there are only two teams there. That’s a massive lie.”
“It’s difficult to win away in Spain, I’ll tell you that.”
Thank you Titi for his comments on La Liga while sitting next to two biased English pundits.
On Monday, Don Garber said the U.S. Open Cup doesn’t “drive value” for MLS.
Last night, USL Championship side New Mexico United fans had a message for him during the Open Cup game against MLS side Real Salt Lake 👀
New Mexico United then eliminated Real Salt Lake with a 4-2 win
Why did John Strong say it’s ironic this game against Jamaica was harder than México? Or this was a crash back down to earth after the Nations League win? Or “kings of CONCACAF” were humbled?
He does realize this is a very different team from the Nations League, right?
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