SEATTLE, Wash. – There’s no sugarcoating it: Cristian Roldan is eager to get on the field when the U.S. men’s national team faces Australia in its second World Cup match on Friday. That’s because Roldan has played his entire professional career here for the Seattle Sounders since 2015, and before that, played two seasons at…
U.S. SOCCER NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER (Fayetteville, Ga.) — When the U.S. men’s national team took the pitch Friday afternoon for training, a player was missing. That’s because Leeds United midfielder Brenden Aaronson briefly left camp. But for good reason — to attend his own wedding. Aaronson, 25, received permission from the U.S. coaching staff to…
United States men’s national team coach Mauricio Pochettino will announce his full 26-player World Cup roster on May 26, and he will be forced to make some difficult decisions. USA and Seattle Sounders midfielder Cristian Roldan, who was selected for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, joined First Things First to discuss his feelings ahead…
Once again, the United States men’s national team will wrap themselves in the flag when the country hosts the FIFA World Cup — this time along with Canada and Mexico — for the first time in 32 years this summer. USA defender Tim Ream in the ‘Stripes’ kit. (Photo by Andrea Vilchez/ISI Photos/USSF/Getty Images) On…
This Major League Soccer season will be an historic one in so many ways. We’ll see Lionel Messi and Inter Miami aim to repeat as MLS Cup champions. We’ll see him aim to also repeat with his other team this summer at the World Cup, the largest that will be ever staged. But there will…
The last time we did this exercise we began with a word about why the importance of formations in soccer is generally overrated. Since the way teams initially set up means little, and because it’s been almost three full months since the U.S. men’s national team took to the field, let’s consider the very real…
