Brian Sciaretta

It is now crunch time for players in the U.S. national team pool to build their cases to Mauricio Pochettino to be part of the World Cup team. The team’s disappointing results in March should leave a number of players feeling as if they have work to do to book their tickets. But there is […] The post Top 5 games this weekend: Tracking USMNT World Cup hopefuls in England, Mexico and MLS appeared first on Soccer America.

Gonzalo Segares, who coached the USA at the 2023 and 2025 U-17 World Cup, is now in charge steering the U-20s to their World Cup. The post Gonzalo Segares on guiding top U.S. teens through crucial years of development and prepping for the U-20 World Cup appeared first on Soccer America.

Here are the top five Easter weekend games to watch from an American perspective. The post Top 5 games this weekend: Tracking U.S. World Cup hopefuls in France, MLS, England and Italy appeared first on Soccer America.

For the U.S. national team, the March international window was both a gut check and a gut punch. The gap was wide at times between the USMNT and the top-tier European teams it faced. Mauricio Pochettino’s team had decent moments in both games, but both Belgium and Portugal raised their levels to a height the […] The post USMNT’s March backslide: Formation changes leave even more to untangle appeared first on Soccer America.