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Justin Ellis helps US cap a perfect international window with 1-0 win over Canada

Justin Ellis helps US cap a perfect international window with 1-0 win over Canada

A chippy and at times ugly friendly nonetheless gave Mauricio Pochettino’s side four wins out of four, with another young player making the difference. Before 1878, a referee trying to get players’ attention was left to waive a white handkerchief in the air. It was an imperfect practice, asking an infractor to be self-aware enough to look for a doffed doily after hard contact. The game forever changed when Joseph Hudson, a Birmingham-bred tool maker who founded Acme Whistles, showed up to an FA Cup match in 1878 with his signature product in tow. On Tuesday, nearly 150 years after Hudson’s innovation, referee Steven Madrigal paid the architect a hearty tribute. Continue reading...

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Oct 7, 2026 · byThe Guardian
USMNT v Canada live – updates, analysis and more from international friendly

USMNT v Canada live – updates, analysis and more from international friendly

Game at Allianz Field in Saint Paul kicks off at 8pm ET Last time out: USA beats Mexico 3-0 in romp Email Beau your questions, thoughts and jokes Jeff Rueter on the kids, after Cavan Sullivan’s long-range chip helped the US to a 3-0 win over Mexico: The more incredible thing about Sullivan’s moment, aside from its historic nature and its semi-dreamy origins, is how normal it is for this window for the US. All but one of the 13 potential debutants called in by Mauricio Pochettino have seen time on the field, most of them impressing. Julian Hall, 18, has scored in all three of his appearances. Mathis Albert broke Christian Pulisic’s decade-old benchmark to become the program’s youngest goal scorer and held the record for a whole four days before Sullivan’s chip. Continue reading...

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Oct 6, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Pochettino: Manchester City verdicts show fans ‘lived through an era of deception’

Pochettino: Manchester City verdicts show fans ‘lived through an era of deception’

US manager says finding right punishment is ‘really hard’ Man City found guilty of majority of 100-plus charges Sign up for our free newsletter here US men’s national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino expressed dismay at news of Manchester City being found guilty of widespread financial improprieties on Monday, saying that fans “lived through a period of deception” because of City’s rule breaches. The Guardian and other outlets have reported that Manchester City have been found guilty by the Premier League of violating the vast majority of 115 different charges concerning violations of financial rules between 2009 and 2018. Continue reading...

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Sep 28, 2026 · byThe Guardian
USMNT v Peru live – analysis and updates from international friendly in Orlando

USMNT v Peru live – analysis and updates from international friendly in Orlando

USA v Peru kicks off at 4.30 ET Cavan Sullivan, other young players could make debuts Sign up for our free newsletter for US readers Email Jeff with thoughts, questions and jokes Mauricio Pochettino will field a squad involving 26 of his 28 available players today. Both sides agreed to 11 potential substitutions in this friendly (or “non-official match,” as Pochettino likes to say) and he is sure to use all of them. One would assume that one of the missing 28 is a goalkeeper. The other may be Chris Richards, who was dealing with a lingering injury as of late last week. Continue reading...

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Sep 26, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Meet the USMNT’s next generation: a cheat sheet for 12 new players in camp

Meet the USMNT’s next generation: a cheat sheet for 12 new players in camp

These (mostly) teenaged newcomers have shown promise and could make their US debuts soon Sign up for our free soccer newsletter, for US readers The United States men’s national team’s stars of tomorrow will debut en masse over the coming multi-week Fifa window, with Mauricio Pochettino calling in 13 players who have yet to debut. Cavan Sullivan, at 16 years old, is the headliner, and we’ve gone deep into what makes him special here . But he’s far from alone. Consider this a cheatsheet to get to know all the new guys on the back of their performances at the club level. Continue reading...

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Sep 25, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Mauricio Pochettino regrets not being ‘more involved’ with Balogun decision

Mauricio Pochettino regrets not being ‘more involved’ with Balogun decision

US striker had red card ban suspended for Belgium game Trump said he called Infantino asking for review US men’s national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino says he regrets not being “more involved” in the situation surrounding US forward Folarin Balogun at this summer’s World Cup. Balogun was given a red card after a challenge against Bosnia and Herzegovina defender Tarik Muharemović, which by rule is accompanied with a one-game suspension. Balogun’s ban for the next game against Belgium was suspended after the US Soccer Federation and US president Donald Trump lobbied Fifa , with Trump saying that he personally placed a call to Fifa president Gianni Infantino to ask the ruling be reviewed. Infantino maintains that the decision to reinstate Balogun was made independently by Fifa’s disciplinary committee. Continue reading...

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Sep 25, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Two years and one World Cup down, Mauricio Pochettino is still assessing

Two years and one World Cup down, Mauricio Pochettino is still assessing

The US manager’s first squad of the 2030 World Cup cycle leans heavily on youth, injecting intrigue into the four-game window. Sign up for our free newsletter here In the moments after the USMNT’s 4-1 crash-out in the last-16 at this summer’s World Cup, Mauricio Pochettino took the podium for what many assumed would be his last press conference as the US head coach. I had a question for him: “Would you consider your tenure here a success?” His answer was full of the usual platitudes, but one thing did stand out. He said, more or less, that he and his staff had finally gotten a good idea of the player pool. It struck me as bizarre at the time. By almost every account, Pochettino had been brought in to win the game that he’d just lost. Given just two and a half years to get it done, his job had never really been to evaluate the player pool; it had been to maximize results with the tools at hand, something he did with varying levels of success. And now, in the shadow of arguably the most disappointing result in US men’s history , we were finding out that it had been a fact-finding mission? And there were suggestions that he was leaving? Continue reading...

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Sep 17, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Cavan Sullivan in, Christian Pulisic out: takeaways from the latest USMNT roster

Cavan Sullivan in, Christian Pulisic out: takeaways from the latest USMNT roster

Mauricio Pochettino has called in a youthful group for the upcoming friendlies. Here are the big takeaways It was reasonable to expect that Mauricio Pochettino’s first United States squad after this summer’s World Cup would turn the page for a new cycle. Instead, given the youthfulness of his selections, even a fast-forward reference feels like too dated a reference. Cavan Sullivan is poised to make his US senior debut, with the 16-year-old chosen for Pochettino’s 28-man squad for the September/October window. Sullivan is one of 13 players who could debut for the national team in the coming weeks, with four friendlies to be played across the country. Should he see the field, Sullivan would become the fourth-youngest player to represent the US, a record still held by Freddy Adu. Continue reading...

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Sep 17, 2026 · byThe Guardian
USMNT to call up 16-year-old Cavan Sullivan for upcoming friendlies

USMNT to call up 16-year-old Cavan Sullivan for upcoming friendlies

Sullivan has six goals and eight assists post-World Cup US play four games in upcoming window Philadelphia Union midfielder Cavan Sullivan is set to earn his first international call-up with the United States men’s national team later this month, a source with knowledge of the roster told the Guardian on Wednesday. The source requested anonymity as they were not authorized to discuss the roster. The US will face Chile, Peru, Mexico and Canada in late September and early October, with US head coach Mauricio Pochettino expected to announce his roster on Thursday morning. ESPN’s Jeff Carlisle was first to report news of Sullivan’s inclusion. Continue reading...

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Sep 16, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Pochettino’s ‘different’ vow to the US invites unwelcome speculation

Pochettino’s ‘different’ vow to the US invites unwelcome speculation

The US manager’s relationship with the international job has changed with a full World Cup cycle beginning I hope, in this lifetime, you find someone who loves you the way Mauricio Pochettino loves Tottenham Hotspur. The grip Spurs have on his heart seems the stuff of a literary classic: his imperfect partner who called things off at the first sign of trouble must merely check in on him occasionally to rekindle hopes of a reunion. Perhaps a bit extreme, but this week’s revelation – that he’d return to Tottenham even if they were relegated and chalking his absence up to imperfect timing, not the part about handing the club a decade-old title – has implicity laid out the terms of his return as United States manager. Others may always have interest in his services, and a certain North London suitor will never get the door slammed in their face outright. Continue reading...

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Sep 11, 2026 · byThe Guardian