⭐️ The Star-Spangled Banner ⭐️
Preformed by Whitney Houston, featuring 35 years of the
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Get pumped for Copa America!
It is best with volume 🔊 and it is worth the two-and-a-half minutes. Enjoy.
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Ten years ago, Clint Dempsey scored the fifth-fastest goal in World Cup history, the giving the
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the lead in the 2-1 win over 🇬🇭.
US Soccer managerial hires in 2023:
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: Emma Hayes
- FA Women's Super League (6)
- Women's FA Cup (5)
- FA WSL Manager of the Season (6)
- Career win %: 67.5%
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: Gregg Berhalter
- No managerial awards
- Initially hired b/c his brother was CFO
- Career win %: 43.69%
Jose Mourinho in 2011:
"I see myself coaching a [club] team, coaching the national team or helping develop soccer in the U.S. When I'm tired of winning things in Europe, it's something I want to do. I want to coach the 🇵🇹 national team, and I want to work in the United States"
If Michael Bradley and Jozy Altidore are playing soccer in 2023, they need a proper final match with the
#USMNT
.
Two legends with 266 caps between them.
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Clint Dempsey did whatever he could to help Graham Zusi’s pass across the line to give the
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the lead against 🇵🇹 in the World Cup.
🇺🇸 settled for a point after allowing the equalizer late in the 2-2 draw.
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Christian Pulisic became the first
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player to play in and win the UEFA Champions League Final when Chelsea beat Manchester City 1-0.
He had two goals and two assists in 10 matches during the European campaign.
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A 21-year-old John Brooks, in just his fifth cap, became the first American to score as a substitute in a World Cup.
That goal was the winner in the 2-1 victory over 🇬🇭.
Poch didn’t understand the question about lacking competitive windows leading into the World Cup.
He says that “friendlies are official” and clearly he is going to take every window seriously.
I am so excited.
Are you
#BerhalterOut
?
Sending this sticker to anyone who wants one and sticking the rest around AT&T ahead of the match tomorrow.
Send me your address in my DMs and I’ll mail you one.
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Landon Donovan doubled the
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lead with this header after Eddie Lewis’ cross in the World Cup Dos a Cero victory over 🇲🇽.
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Christian Pulisic became the first 🇺🇸 to score in the FA Cup Final when he finished off this play to give Chelsea the lead over Arsenal.
Between now and the
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, I wanna see these dudes on commercials, billboards, Fox Promos, US Soccer PR, talk shows, JC Penney catalogs Church of Latter Day Saints Pamphlets..
EVERYWHERE!! 🇺🇸
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Christian Pulisic made THAT splendid touch to settle a long Walker Zimmerman pass before setting up Brenden Aaronson for the opening goal in the 3-0 victory over 🇲🇦.
Christian Pulisic is 7-for-7 from the penalty spot in his
#USMNT
career:
1️⃣ 🇨🇺 Oct 11, 2019
2️⃣ 🇬🇧 Mar 28, 2021
3️⃣ 🇲🇽 Jun 6, 2021
4️⃣/5️⃣ 🇵🇦 Mar 27, 2022
6️⃣ 🇺🇿 Sep 9, 2023
7️⃣ 🇬🇭 Oct 17, 2023
- Outside consultants
- 10+ candidates
- 6 months
- Presentation requirements
- New Sporting Director
- New CEO
- No financially restrictions
- Established metrics
- Psychological testing
- Beep test (kidding, just seeing if you read this)
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results vs top 25 based on FIFA rankings under Berhalter:
2019
🇨🇱 1-1 D
🇲🇽 0-1 L
🇲🇽 0-3 L
🇺🇾 1-1 D
2020
🏴 0-0 D
2021
🇨🇭 1-2 L
🇲🇽 3-2 W
🇲🇽 1-0 W
🇲🇽 2-0 W
2022
🇲🇽 0-0 D
🇲🇦 3-0 W
🇺🇾 0-0 D
🇯🇵 0-2 L
🏴 1-1 D
🏴 0-0 D
🇮🇷 1-0 W
🇳🇱 1-3 L
2023
🇩🇪 1-3 L
Record: 5-7-6 (WDL)
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4’ John O’Brien
30’ Jorge Costa OG
36’ Brian McBride
Three first-half goals were just enough
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to pull off the historic 3-2 upset over 🇵🇹 to open in action in Group D at the World Cup.
Christian Pulisic is now 6-for-6 from the penalty spot in his
#USMNT
career:
1️⃣ 🇨🇺 Oct 11, 2019
2️⃣ 🇬🇧 Mar 28, 2021
3️⃣ 🇲🇽 Jun 6, 2021
4️⃣/5️⃣ 🇵🇦 Mar 27, 2022
6️⃣ 🇺🇿 Sep 9, 2023
Christian Pulisic is 5-for-5 from the penalty spot in his
#USMNT
career:
1️⃣ 🇨🇺 Oct 11, 2019
2️⃣ 🇬🇧 Mar 28, 2021
3️⃣ 🇲🇽 Jun 6, 2021
4️⃣/5️⃣ 🇵🇦 Mar 27, 2022
Christian Pulisic goals in the Champions League:
Dortmund
3/8/17 vs Benfica
9/18/18 vs Club Brugge
Chelsea
11/27/19 vs Valencia
10/28/20 vs Krasnodar
4/27/21 vs Real Madrid
2/22/22 vs Lille
3/16/22 vs Lille
AC Milan
12/13/23 vs Newcastle
At least one a year since 2017.
25 goals of
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Christmas
Day 24
Tim Weah bursts to the end line and plays in a very inviting cross. Christian Pulisic made sure he was first to that cross and found the back of the net to take the lead in the 2-0 win over 🇲🇽.
Nothing in this life is guaranteed.
I’ll be there Monday. I’ll be rooting HARD for the
#USMNT
to beat 🇺🇾 and advance to the quarterfinals.
Because if we do get grouped, I am not convinced Berhalter is actually going to be out.
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The
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continued its strong start at the World Cup and lead 🇵🇹 late, but had to settle for the draw.
Here are the highlights without commentary. Just the crowd noise.
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Jermaine Jones put his stamp on the 2014 World Cup with the rocket of a goal to equalize against 🇵🇹 in this 2-2 draw in Group G. After a corner kick, the ball falls to Jones, who does the rest.
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30 years ago almost to the minute, Eric Wynalda scored that free-kick to equalize in the 1-1 draw with 🇨🇭 at the World Cup.
“I was almost in disbelief. It was the greatest goal of my life,” Wynalda said in 1994. (NY Times)