By Jason Davis – WASHINGTON, DC (Mar 30, 2023) US Soccer Players - The arrival of April means many things. The feeling of spring is in the air, and sports kicks into overdrive. Baseball celebrates the opening day of its new season. Golf's biggest week of the year arrives with The Masters. American football's preeminent offseason event, the NFL Draft goes down at the end of the month. Both the NBA . . .
Returning players, tactics, and leadership from the USMNT
By Charles Boehm – WASHINGTON, DC (Mar 30, 2023) US Soccer Players - March is almost over, and with it, the group stage of the second edition of the Concacaf Nations League. Thanks to wins over Grenada and El Salvador in League A group D, the USMNT will continue its defense of the CNL trophy in June, when League A's four group winners gather in Las Vegas for the semifinals. Here are a few things . . .
Eredivisie experience showed in the USMNT’s March wins
By Jason Davis – WASHINGTON, DC (Mar 29, 2023) US Soccer Players - It's a job done for the USMNT following Monday night's 1-0 win over El Salvador in Orlando. That result advanced the Americans into the final four of the 2022-23 Concacaf Champions League set for Las Vegas in June, a necessary step on the road to defending the title the US won in June of 2021 in a memorable game with . . .
USMNT 1 – El Salvador 0, Nations League A, group D
The USMNT closed out the March, 2023 international window and the Nations League A, group D schedule with a 1-0 win over El Salvador in Orlando. The United States will play in the Nations League semifinals on June 15 in Las Vegas. the 3rd-place game and final are set for June 18. After scoring twice against Grenada, Ricardo Pepi subbed on in the 60th minute and scored in the 62nd for the game's . . .
Grenada 1 – USMNT 7, Nations League A, group D
The USMNT took another step towards defending their Nations League title with a 7-1 win at Grenada in League A, group D on Friday night. Ricardo Pepi put the USMNT up in the 4th minute with Brenden Aaronson doubling the lead in the 20th and Weston McKennie scoring in the 31st. Grenada pulled a goal back in the 32nd, but McKennie made it 4-1 USA with a goal in the 34th. Christian Pulisic scored . . .
The USMNT returns to the Caribbean
By Charles Boehm – WASHINGTON, DC (Mar 23, 2023) US Soccer Players - On Thursday the USMNT jetted south from Orlando to St George’s, Grenada, for just its third competitive match in the Caribbean in the last five and a half years. It’s both an important Concacaf Nations League game that needs a positive result and a reminder of the regional journeys set to become rare in a 2026 World Cup cycle . . .
League A and beyond in the Concacaf Nations League
By Jason Davis – WASHINGTON, DC (Mar 22, 2023) US Soccer Players - The USMNT resumes the defense of its 2021 Nations League title on Friday when it travels to Grenada for the third match in Group D play. A US group fresh off a World Cup is hoping to start the next cycle on a high note by backing up its Nations League win two years ago with another title, one that would naturally come at the . . .
Advancing, options, and offense for the USMNT in March
By Clemente Lisi – NEW YORK, NY (Mar 20, 2023) US Soccer Players – The Concacaf Nations League comes into fuller focus once again starting this Friday when the group stage of the tournament resumes and the USMNT travels to Grenada looking for points. Just four months after the World Cup, the US once again finds itself having to navigate a group stage. This time, winning Group D in Nations . . .
Auston Trusty is part of the USMNT center back picture in March
By Jason Davis – WASHINGTON, DC (Mar 17, 2023) US Soccer Players - The USMNT will gather in Orlando next week ahead of Concacaf Nations League matches against Grenada and El Salvador with interim coach Anthony Hudson calling in a 24-player roster featuring a mix of experience and potential. Only one, center back Miles Robinson, plays in Major League Soccer with MLS opting not to break in the early . . .
Five topics to watch for heading into the USMNT March 2023 window
By Charles Boehm – WASHINGTON, DC (Mar 16, 2023) US Soccer Players - The USMNT seeks to take the next steps towards defending its Concacaf Nations League title next week as it returns to full competitive action for the first time since the World Cup. The roster announced by interim coach Anthony Hudson on Wednesday will begin gathering on Sunday in Orlando. The group will train in central Florida . . .
