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U.S. Soccer sporting director Matt Crocker has officially stepped down from his role, and while it won’t have too much affect on the upcoming FIFA World Cup in North America, the optics are negative no matter which way you look at it. Crocker is reportedly set to take up a similar role with the Saudi ... Read more

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Episode 9 of the Guuuzan show brings together two greats between the posts, as the cycling Goalkeeper Ben Foster joins the pod. The defensive duo talk about their days playing the EFL & Premier League, their ventures into podcasting, and how their lives have changed since retirement. The Brit also gives his insights on the city of Atlanta from his own adventures filming for his Podcast ahead of the World Cup. If you have any spots to recommend for our international friends, let us know in the comments! 00:00 - Welcome Cycling GK! 03:00 - Who is Ben Foster? 07:00 - Best Rivalry Stories 14:25 - Worst Purchase? 17:30 - Toughest Matchups as a GK 21:40 - YouTube Channel Origin 30:05 - Decision to Retire? 33:35 - World Cup in USA! 39:55 - Home Depot Mailbag (always on time) Atlanta United joined Major League Soccer in 2017 and won the 2018 MLS Cup in just its second season, the earliest an expansion team has won the title since 1998. The club has set multiple league records including season tickets sales (36,000-plus), single-season average (53,002) and total home attendance (901,033). Owned by Arthur M. Blank, Atlanta United plays its home matches at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. For more information about Atlanta United, including how to purchase season tickets, visit: www.atlutd.com. SUBSCRIBE to our channel! Follow Atlanta United on social media: • Twitter: https://twitter.com/ATLUTD • Twitter en español: https://twitter.com/VamosATLUTD • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ATLUTD • TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@atlutd • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AtlantaUnitedFC #UniteAndConquer

The US federation’s sporting director hired Mauricio Pochettino and Emma Hayes, but it’s too early to judge his larger impact Sign up for the World Behind The Cup newsletter Sporting directors live in the mid-to-long-term. While the coaches they hire and players they recruit have to deal with the highs and lows of week-to-week performance reviews, the executives watch on and make sure the project hasn’t veered off course. With a club, the rule of thumb is that it can take at least three transfer windows to start seeing tangible evidence of progress under a new sporting director. In international soccer, it often takes multiple cycles. Matt Crocker arrived at US Soccer in April 2023 pledging to guide the program into a brave new era while acknowledging that initiative would take time to actualize. As it turned out, he never game himself that time. US Soccer announced on Tuesday that Crocker was stepping down as sporting director, and he’s reportedly due to take up a similar position with Saudi Arabia.

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The league’s emphasis on youth development has seen its place in the careers of US national team players shift dramatically Sign up for the World Behind The Cup newsletter When the United States men’s national team traveled to France for the 1998 World Cup, they did so with 16 Major League Soccer players on their 22-man roster. This was very much by design. MLS had kicked off in 1996 as a fulfilled promise made to Fifa by US Soccer for the right to host the 1994 World Cup. The new league then set about hoarding as many national team players as it could. In a winless and mirthless tournament in 1998, fraught by a fractious camp, the Americans started an MLS player 21 times in their three group-stage matches, for an average of seven per starting lineup. That number has trended down ever since. In the 2002 run to the World Cup quarter-finals, setting the program’s modern high-water mark, an average of 5.4 MLS players made a start in the USA’s five matches. In 2006, it was 3.33. By 2010, that number had sunk to two; and in 2022, it was only one. In Qatar, the USMNT’s final group stage match against Iran was, in fact, the first time the team had started no MLS players at all at a World Cup since the league’s founding.

The federation sporting director's sudden defection to Saudi Arabia comes with bad optics on the cusp of a home World Cup

Train fares are set to dramatically increase for fans planning to attend the 2026 FIFA World Cup matches in New Jersey, according to The Athletic. However, those plans have triggered strong reactions from politicians and raised concerns about how fans will be able to afford the astronomical fees. New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit) is reportedly […]