Lionel Messi played his first match since announcing a jaw-dropping move to Major League Soccer's Inter Miami on Thursday. The 35-year-old captained Argentina in a friendly against Australia that was staged at Workers' Stadium in Beijing, China.
His misery in Paris is clearly behind him because it took Messi only one minute and 20 seconds to open the scoring.
México alista los últimos detalles para enfrentar a Estados Unidos en las semifinales de la Liga de Naciones de la Concacaf este jueves (10 p.m. ET), en un partido etiquetado como la primera gran prueba de Diego Cocca al mando del Tri.
Si bien el argentino asumió labores apenas a principios de años, los susurros en las catacumbas de la FMF apuntan a que este duelo y el rendimiento de la Selección Mexicana en la próxima Copa Oro serán cruciales para definir el futuro del proceso. De no ser positivo, dicen, no habrá duda en soltar el cordelito que sostiene la guillotina.
ROTTERDAM — Croatia scored twice in extra time to beat the Netherlands 4-2 in their Nations League semifinal in Rotterdam on Wednesday and advance to Sunday’s decider.
Croatia will play either Italy or Spain, who face off in the second semifinal in Enschede on Thursday, for a first major title as they continued their form from last year’s World Cup in Qatar, where they finished third.
In the grand history of Concacaf, there's never before been a tournament where our gladiators have entered the arena and spectators have murmured amongst each other: "See them there? Them's Canada. They're going to slaughter everyone."
At least not since Craig Forrest was standing between the sticks.
New United States men’s national team interim head coach B.J. Callaghan will make his debut on Thursday against Mexico in the Concacaf Nations League semifinals. Fans are incredibly curious about what the USMNT starting XI vs Mexico will look like.
Callaghan was thrust into the head coaching job after Gregg Berhalter’s contract ran out (among a lot of other drama) and former interim head coach Anthony Hudson left the role early to pursue a head coaching job in Qatar.
The United States men’s national team is gearing up for a second run at the Concacaf Nations League title with the semifinal vs. Mexico on Thursday and the final or third-place match scheduled for Sunday.
A total of 23 players were called up for the tournament and the roster includes big names like Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie and newcomer Folarin Balogun.
La posibilidad de ver a Julián Quiñones defendiendo la playera de la Selección Mexicana parece más cercana que nunca. El delantero del Atlas compartió recientemente una imagen en redes sociales con la bandera de México detrás y los sabuesos de la información pronto descubrieron que el jugador empezó este lunes su proceso de naturalización.
Sí, Quiñones quiere ser mexicano y podría incluso debutar con el Tri en la fecha FIFA de septiembre.
Inter Miami took to the pitch Saturday against New England at Gillette Stadium with Lionel Messi nearly 7,000 miles away in Beijing — no matter, the Revs still drew a season-high crowd of 36,235 just looking to get a glimpse of the (awful) visiting team that now houses the seven-time Ballon d'Or winner.
La idea del México vs Camerún era sacudir ideas, crear una nueva ilusión. Sin embargo, al final del partido la sensación es que el Tri sigue siendo víctima de los mismos pecados que viene arrastrando de la era Martino.
Y con un partido ante Estados Unidos a la vuelta de la esquina, en las semifinales de la Nations League, digamos que los niveles de optimismo no son como para andar descorchando champagne.
New United States men’s national team forward Folarin Balogun said that he was surprised when U.S. fans discovered his location in Orlando from an Instagram post back in March.
Balogun on wanting anyone to know he was in Orlando from THAT pic:
“…I showed it to my agent to see if it was OK. From the pic I couldn’t make out that I was in . When the comments started coming in…I was just kinda surprised & overwhelmed.”