The USMNT finished the Nations League group stage with another demonstration of its strength out wide as Christian Pulisic, Brenden Aaronson and Gio Reyna all had their moments, but Ricardo Pepi made a statement up top with three goals in two games to trigger a storm of "I knew we should've brought him to Qatar!" takes on Twitter. Virgil van Dijk got lucky.
There were plenty of warranted critiques of the United States men’s national team after their less than impressive 1-0 victory vs. El Salvador on Monday. While certain areas of the game were lacking for the USMNT, they certainly had no shortage of comradery during the Matt Turner gender reveal celebration after the game.
Turner and his wife, Ashley Herron, are expecting their second child. They already have a son, Easton, who was born in June 2022.
Argentina continued their never-ending happiness tour after winning Copa América, Finalissima and World Cup, thrashing Curaçao 7-0 in a friendly game where Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick and surpassed the 100-goal mark playing for La Albiceleste.
Argentina palooza continued Tuesday night as the world champions put on an exhibition against CONCACAF minnows Curaçao at the Madre de Ciudades in Santiago del Estero. Captain Lionel Messi had a hat trick in the first 37 minutes, bringing his international tally to 102, as La Albiceleste put seven past the Columbus Crew's Eloy Room.
It was an honor and a privilege.
Messi and Curacao's goalkeeper, Eloy Room, swapping jerseys after Argentina's 7-0 win.
Estados Unidos vuelve a cruzarse en el horizonte de México. Un amistoso y las semifinales del Final Four de la Concacaf aparecen en el calendario de un Tri que tiene sed de revancha ante el USMNT y podrían marcar el futuro de Diego Cocca como su entrenador.
Sí, Diego Cocca apenas lleva dos partidos al mando de la Selección Mexicana, pero el ambiente no está para bollos y un tropiezo ante las Barras y las Estrellas podría sentenciar su ciclo de manera anticipada.
No se puede negar, la relación entre la Selección Mexicana y los aficionados está hecha pedazos. Las cosas hace rato que vienen tensas, pero en el último duelo ante Jamaica por la Nations League, el quiebre fue más evidente que nunca y se expresó con una serie de abucheos a varios jugadores del Tri, entre ellos el histórico Guillermo Ochoa, el lateral Jorge Sánchez, el desesperante Diego Lainez y el (ex) goleador Raúl Jiménez.
Leeds United and USMNT defensive midfielder Tyler Adams will miss the rest of the 2022-23 season after undergoing surgery for a hamstring injury.
Adams missed Leeds’ final game before the March international window, a 4-2 victory vs. Wolves, with a hamstring issue. The problem is more severe than originally anticipated and the American will be out for an extended period.
The injury occurred during training with Leeds.
Alexis Sánchez is back, baby!
The former Barcelona and Arsenal star is having a magnificent season with Olympique de Marseille in Ligue 1 and still dripping some class for the Chilean national team. In fact, the 34-year-old had a phenomenal performance in Chile's 3-2 win over Paraguay in a friendly played Monday night, scoring a brace.
One of those goals was a rather weird olímpico.
In an unexpected twist, Julie Ertz was named on the 26-player roster for the United States women’s national team’s pair of friendly games vs. Ireland in early April. If Ertz appears in either game, it will be her first appearance for club or country since the bronze medal match in the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 5, 2021.
Ertz has been away from the game for over a year and a half due to injuries and the birth of her child, Madden, in August 2022.
Con la cola entre las piernas y una merecida sensación de vergüenza, el comentarista de ESPN Rafa Puente ha tenido que comerse el orgullo para salir a disculparse públicamente con la reportera Adriana Maldonado, a quien llamó "estúpida" durante un enlace en vivo del programa Fútbol Picante.