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Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Sport
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Canada wins Concacaf Nations League third place, putting USA at a crossroads
After winning four consecutive matches under new coach Mauricio Pochettino, the United States faces a crossroads 15 months before it joins Canada and Mexico in playing host to the World Cup. Canada took third place in the Concacaf Nations League tournament with a 2-1 victory at SoFi Stadium. The defeat, which came 72 hours after a 1-0 loss to Panama in Thursday's semi-finals, forced the United States to finish fourth in a competition it had only won in its three previous editions. The result raises questions about the immediate future of the US program, and rewarded Canada for a more adventurous gameplan that saw them generate more socring chances more consistently throughout the 90 minutes. Jonathan David scored the winning goal, breaking a 1-1 tie in the 59th minute. David received Ali Ahmed's pass in the penalty area, took one touch to his left and unleashed a curling shot that settled inside the left post far beyond goalkeeper Matt Turner's reach. Related: Canada's Jonathan David: 'If people say I'm the best in Concacaf it makes me proud' After the loss to Panama in the semi-final, Pochettino replaced five starters from that match's lineup and used a different tactical formation. Instead of using a three-man backline with two wingbacks as he did against Panama, Pochettino started Cameron Carter-Vickers, Mark McKenzie and Max Arfsten along with Joe Scally as a flat back four. Scally was the only defender who started against Panama. In the midfield, Diego Luna entered the lineup and played in front of holding midfielders Tyler Adams and Weston McKennie, with Patrick Agyemang serving as the lone striker in front of attacking midfielders Christian Pulisic and Tim Weah. As a result, the United States played at a more deliberate pace, building slowly from the back. Canada suffered a significant loss when Bayern Munich left back Alphonso Davies left the match in the 12th minute after colliding with Agyemang and Weah in the first 10 minutes. Nevertheless, Canada took the lead when Tani Oluwaseyi scored in the 27th minute. Related: Canada 2-1 USA: Concacaf Nations League third-place game – as it happened Ahmed began the scoring sequence with a cross from the left side of the penalty area to David, whose 13-yard shot deflected off McKenzie. The ball fell to Oluwaseyi, who poked inside the right post from the edge of the 6-yard box. Agyemang tied the score in the 35th minute. McKennie started the play with a long ball to Weah on the left flank, who avoided three defenders. Weah passed from the left side of the penalty area to Luna, who poked a short left-footed pass to Agyemang. The striker's 11-yard shot deflected off goalkeeper's Dayne St Clair's right leg. Gio Reyna, considered one of the United States' most dynamic players, entered the match in the 69th minute but made no impact.
The Guardian
24-03-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Canada wins Concacaf Nations League third place, putting USA at a crossroads
After winning four consecutive matches under new coach Mauricio Pochettino, the United States faces a crossroads 15 months before it joins Canada and Mexico in playing host to the World Cup. Canada took third place in the Concacaf Nations League tournament with a 2-1 victory at SoFi Stadium. The defeat, which came 72 hours after a 1-0 loss to Panama in Thursday's semi-finals, forced the United States to finish fourth in a competition it had only won in its three previous editions. The result raises questions about the immediate future of the US program, and rewarded Canada for a more adventurous gameplan that saw them generate more socring chances more consistently throughout the 90 minutes. Jonathan David scored the winning goal, breaking a 1-1 tie in the 59th minute. David received Ali Ahmed's pass in the penalty area, took one touch to his left and unleashed a curling shot that settled inside the left post far beyond goalkeeper Matt Turner's reach. After the loss to Panama in the semi-final, Pochettino replaced five starters from that match's lineup and used a different tactical formation. Instead of using a three-man backline with two wingbacks as he did against Panama, Pochettino started Cameron Carter-Vickers, Mark McKenzie and Max Arfsten along with Joe Scally as a flat back four. Scally was the only defender who started against Panama. In the midfield, Diego Luna entered the lineup and played in front of holding midfielders Tyler Adams and Weston McKennie, with Patrick Agyemang serving as the lone striker in front of attacking midfielders Christian Pulisic and Tim Weah. As a result, the United States played at a more deliberate pace, building slowly from the back. Canada suffered a significant loss when Bayern Munich left back Alphonso Davies left the match in the 12th minute after colliding with Agyemang and Weah in the first 10 minutes. Nevertheless, Canada took the lead when Tani Oluwaseyi scored in the 27th minute. Sign up to Soccer with Jonathan Wilson Jonathan Wilson brings expert analysis on the biggest stories from European soccer after newsletter promotion Ahmed began the scoring sequence with a cross from the left side of the penalty area to David, whose 13-yard shot deflected off McKenzie. The ball fell to Oluwaseyi, who poked inside the right post from the edge of the 6-yard box. Agyemang tied the score in the 35th minute. McKennie started the play with a long ball to Weah on the left flank, who avoided three defenders. Weah passed from the left side of the penalty area to Luna, who poked a short left-footed pass to Agyemang. The striker's 11-yard shot deflected off goalkeeper's Dayne St Clair's right leg. Gio Reyna, considered one of the United States' most dynamic players, entered the match in the 69th minute but made no impact.
Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
USMNT, with another clunker, loses to Canada in Nations League third-place match
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — After Thursday's stunning loss to Panama, the U.S. men's national team promised a response. Head coach Mauricio Pochettino assured fuming fans that a sleepy CONCACAF Nations League semifinal 'didn't describe, or doesn't describe, how we are.' Players said they'd 'look in the mirror' and 'raise the bar.' And yet, in Sunday's third-place match against Canada, they did none of that. They lost to their northern neighbors, 2-1, and deserved every last ounce of the defeat. They managed one solitary shot on goal over the game's first 84 minutes. In the face of criticism and doubts, they talked about how, 'if we want to be praised, we have to give people something to praise us about,' as midfielder Tyler Adams said Saturday. Instead, they regressed, and further disillusioned their supporters, and inflamed doubts about their readiness for a World Cup on home soil next summer. All involved promised that, after the 1-0 loss to Panama, Sunday's performance would be better. This Nations League consolation match would 'be an important game to see how we react,' Pochettino said Saturday. 'Mentality obviously needs to change,' Adams said hours later. 'We're gonna come out with that fighting spirit,' Tim Weah added. In the interim, they had one-on-one talks and a 'beautiful meeting,' Weah said, in which Pochettino pleaded for 'killer mentality' and more. The message, Weah said: 'We have to want it. We have to want to be here 100%. We have to fight.' But on Sunday, they floundered. For most of the first half, they didn't take the risks nor show the 'aggression' they said they would. In a stadium that was once again nine-tenths empty at kickoff, they played dull soccer, and conceded a 27th-minute goal before they'd even taken a shot of their own. Tani Oluwaseyi nets his first international goal for Canada 🇨🇦 — Golazo America (@GolazoAmerica) March 23, 2025 Diego Luna tried to inject life into the USMNT, and into another sleepy game. He started an attacking move from the right side of midfield, and, with a driving off-ball run, propelled it into the penalty box. He poked a clever pass to Patrick Agyemang, who equalized with a firm finish. That @MLS connection 🔗Diego Luna leaves it on a plate for Patrick Agyemang who buries the @USMNT equalizer! 🇺🇸👏 — Golazo America (@GolazoAmerica) March 23, 2025 Neither Luna nor Agyemang, though, could erase the mediocrity around them. Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie, the team's two Italy-based stars, were quiet. Adams and Weah looked nothing like their typically active selves. The USMNT was once against stagnant. And not long after halftime, they conceded again. In the 59th minute, Jonathan David put Canada up 2-1. Jonathan David with a perfect left-footed strike to put Canada ahead at SoFi Stadium 💫 — Golazo America (@GolazoAmerica) March 23, 2025 And that's how it ended, just as friendly between these two teams ended in September, with the U.S. beaten — and with all sorts of questions swirling about both the talent and the passion of this generation of USMNT players. Canada beat USA and take third place in the CONCACAF Nations League 💪🇨🇦 — OneFootball (@OneFootball) March 23, 2025 Another dismal performance for Mauricio Pochettino and the U.S. men's national team as they lose the third-place match on home soil. Next up, the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Final. — U.S. Soccer Men's National Team (@USMNT) March 23, 2025 David delivering for Canada! 🇨🇦 — Concacaf Nations League (@CNationsLeague) March 23, 2025 78' - SubstitutionIN: Brian WhiteOUT: Patrick Agyemang — U.S. Soccer Men's National Team (@USMNT) March 23, 2025 5 - Jonathan David (2 goals, 3 assists) has five career goal contributions against the USMNT, more than any other player since his first match against the U.S. in October 2019. Difference. — OptaJack⚽️ (@OptaJack) March 23, 2025 Tanner Tessman, Yunus Musah and Gio Reyna replace Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie and Tyler Adams. 🇨🇦 2-1 🇺🇸Jonathan David puts @CANMNT_Official in front. 💫 — Major League Soccer (@MLS) March 23, 2025 Jesse Marsch visibly frustrated after being shown a red card and sent to the locker room in the Concacaf Nations League third-place match 🟥 — Golazo America (@GolazoAmerica) March 23, 2025 Jonathan David puts Canada back on top with a close-range golazo after a defensive lapse by the U.S. A deserved goal. After the U.S. failed to play out of its own defensive third, Ahmed splits Tyler Adams and Weston McKennie with a pass to Jonathan David. Mark McKenzie, in a 1-v-2 situation in the box, stands off David, who finishes with his left foot. 2-1 to Canada. After Jonathan David slipped in the box — and after the Adams tackle, which was a more justified shout for a penalty — Marsch fumed and ran all the way onto the field, in front of the U.S. bench, raging at the referee. Had to be restrained by staff. The referee didn't give it. Replays showed it was borderline. Nonetheless, it was a clumsy tackle from Tyler Adams, who hasn't been good today (after being one of the few U.S. players who put in a respectable performance against Panama) This first half has a January camp look and feel. It is more about emotion and mistakes than actual ability and design—it's a tough watch. Diego Luna is the most active and bright on both sides of the ball. #USMNT — herculez gomez (@herculezg) March 23, 2025 This has not been a good U.S. performance, by any stretch of the imagination. But Diego Luna did exactly what he was brought in to do: provide a spark. He picked up the ball on the right, came infield with it, released it, and continued his run all the way into the left half of the penalty box. There, he received it in stride, and poked a clever pass to Patrick Agyemang for the U.S. goal. Some questioned whether Luna could hang at this level. Consider those questions answered (at least for now, today). 1-1. That @MLS connection 🔗Diego Luna leaves it on a plate for Patrick Agyemang who buries the @USMNT equalizer! 🇺🇸👏 — Golazo America (@GolazoAmerica) March 23, 2025 35' - GOAL - Diego Luna with the pass to Pat who finds the back of the net! — U.S. Soccer Men's National Team (@USMNT) March 23, 2025 The USMNT responds with a goal of their own after some remarkable playmaking by Diego Luna, who gets the ball to Patrick Agyemang inside the box for an easy look and blast into the net! GOAL 🇨🇦It's TANI TIME 😎 Tani Oluwaseyi scores his first for the #CanMNT 🇨🇦 and it's 1-0 over the #USMNT 🇺🇸 just before the half-hour mark ✨🔴 Watch LIVE on OS and @TSN_Sports — OneSoccer (@onesoccer) March 23, 2025 🇨🇦 Canada leads the U.S. in three straight games for the first time since 1985.🇨🇦 Canada has scored first in consecutive AWAY games vs the U.S. for the second time. Other was two games in 1926 and 1957. — Paul Carr (@PaulCarr) March 23, 2025 Canada beat USA and take third place in the CONCACAF Nations League 💪🇨🇦 — OneFootball (@OneFootball) March 23, 2025 Another dismal performance for Mauricio Pochettino and the U.S. men's national team as they lose the third-place match on home soil. Next up, the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Final. — U.S. Soccer Men's National Team (@USMNT) March 23, 2025 David delivering for Canada! 🇨🇦 — Concacaf Nations League (@CNationsLeague) March 23, 2025 78' - SubstitutionIN: Brian WhiteOUT: Patrick Agyemang — U.S. Soccer Men's National Team (@USMNT) March 23, 2025 5 - Jonathan David (2 goals, 3 assists) has five career goal contributions against the USMNT, more than any other player since his first match against the U.S. in October 2019. Difference. — OptaJack⚽️ (@OptaJack) March 23, 2025 Tanner Tessman, Yunus Musah and Gio Reyna replace Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie and Tyler Adams. 🇨🇦 2-1 🇺🇸Jonathan David puts @CANMNT_Official in front. 💫 — Major League Soccer (@MLS) March 23, 2025 Jesse Marsch visibly frustrated after being shown a red card and sent to the locker room in the Concacaf Nations League third-place match 🟥 — Golazo America (@GolazoAmerica) March 23, 2025 Jonathan David puts Canada back on top with a close-range golazo after a defensive lapse by the U.S. A deserved goal. After the U.S. failed to play out of its own defensive third, Ahmed splits Tyler Adams and Weston McKennie with a pass to Jonathan David. Mark McKenzie, in a 1-v-2 situation in the box, stands off David, who finishes with his left foot. 2-1 to Canada. After Jonathan David slipped in the box — and after the Adams tackle, which was a more justified shout for a penalty — Marsch fumed and ran all the way onto the field, in front of the U.S. bench, raging at the referee. Had to be restrained by staff. The referee didn't give it. Replays showed it was borderline. Nonetheless, it was a clumsy tackle from Tyler Adams, who hasn't been good today (after being one of the few U.S. players who put in a respectable performance against Panama) This first half has a January camp look and feel. It is more about emotion and mistakes than actual ability and design—it's a tough watch. Diego Luna is the most active and bright on both sides of the ball. #USMNT — herculez gomez (@herculezg) March 23, 2025 This has not been a good U.S. performance, by any stretch of the imagination. But Diego Luna did exactly what he was brought in to do: provide a spark. He picked up the ball on the right, came infield with it, released it, and continued his run all the way into the left half of the penalty box. There, he received it in stride, and poked a clever pass to Patrick Agyemang for the U.S. goal. Some questioned whether Luna could hang at this level. Consider those questions answered (at least for now, today). 1-1. That @MLS connection 🔗Diego Luna leaves it on a plate for Patrick Agyemang who buries the @USMNT equalizer! 🇺🇸👏 — Golazo America (@GolazoAmerica) March 23, 2025 35' - GOAL - Diego Luna with the pass to Pat who finds the back of the net! — U.S. Soccer Men's National Team (@USMNT) March 23, 2025 The USMNT responds with a goal of their own after some remarkable playmaking by Diego Luna, who gets the ball to Patrick Agyemang inside the box for an easy look and blast into the net! GOAL 🇨🇦It's TANI TIME 😎 Tani Oluwaseyi scores his first for the #CanMNT 🇨🇦 and it's 1-0 over the #USMNT 🇺🇸 just before the half-hour mark ✨🔴 Watch LIVE on OS and @TSN_Sports — OneSoccer (@onesoccer) March 23, 2025 🇨🇦 Canada leads the U.S. in three straight games for the first time since 1985.🇨🇦 Canada has scored first in consecutive AWAY games vs the U.S. for the second time. Other was two games in 1926 and 1957. — Paul Carr (@PaulCarr) March 23, 2025
New York Times
23-03-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Loss to Panama reveals USMNT's to-do list, starting with third-place match
CARSON, Calif. – U.S. men's national team coach Mauricio Pochettino gathered the American players together for a meeting on Friday at the team hotel. After a shocking 1-0 loss to Panama in the Concacaf Nations League semifinal a day prior, criticisms were mounting around the U.S. men. It was a second consecutive elimination on home soil in an official competition after falling in the group stage at last summer's Copa América. Against an underdog Panama team that had played a role in last summer's exit, beating a short-handed U.S. team, 2-1, it could have been seen as a chance for revenge. On Thursday, however, the Americans lacked energy and intent. The performance felt complacent. Advertisement Pochettino had a message. 'We have to have that killer mentality, and we have to want it,' winger Tim Weah said. 'We have to want to be here 100 percent, we have to fight. We have to work together.' The meeting set up what could end up being an important turning point in the narrative around this team. Motivation is not typically in abundance for third-place games. Weah mentioned Canada captain Alphonso Davies and striker Jonathan David as two players 'who I hold dear in my heart.' However, friendships go out the window in international football. 'Obviously, off the field,' Weah said, 'We all get along, but on the field, it's going to be war.' For this U.S. team, it's an important opportunity to prove themselves — to Pochettino and his staff, to U.S. fans and to themselves. 'Tomorrow is going to be an important game to see how we react,' Pochettino said. 'We need to show character. We need to show (that) all that we were talking (about) is not only about the result, but it's only about improving our performance.' Dating back to the Copa last summer, which led to Gregg Berhalter's termination as head coach, the criticism on the players has steadily risen. The loss to Panama brought that disapproval to a boiling point. A little over a year away from the World Cup, there's a collective concern from within the U.S. soccer landscape that this current group — one that has created so much excitement in the fan base — may simply not be good enough for a historic run on home soil. Pochettino told reporters on Saturday that he understood the flak that his team and his staff have begun to receive. 'I'm not justifying why we didn't win and I understand the doubts (on the team). That's fine. Those are welcome,' he said. Pochettino referenced his background as a native of Argentina, where scrutiny on that country's national team, the current world champion, can turn personal and baneful. Advertisement 'No one wants to be criticized, and there has to be respect,' he said. 'I understand it, and I accept it. I'll always accept it from the press and from the fans, because they want to see the team win.' Pochettino's hire was widely celebrated among the U.S. fanbase. His track record as a club head coach in Europe and his man-management skills were viewed as a suitable fit for this particular U.S. senior side. The Nations League final four was meant to provide a glimpse of the progress thus far under Pochettino, knowing that time with the players has been scarce. But a lackluster showing against Panama has sounded alarms. Still, Pochettino understands that the race won't be won in March of 2025. 'Nothing is written or proven that winning games at this stage will mean that you'll arrive at the World Cup in good form,' he said. 'That will depend on the groups, on experience. We do have to analyze why losses occur and why wins happen because oftentimes the analysis comes only after a loss and we don't analyze victories. There can be wins that put you on the right track and losses that strengthen the path that you want to take. That's sport. There's no logic to this.' The reality is that it takes time for a coach like Pochettino, who has spent his entire career coaching at the club level, to adjust to the limited amount of time he gets with this player pool. Adding to the degree of difficulty is that Pochettino was hired midway through the cycle. The World Cup is coming fast, and so these warning signs signal the urgency needed to find solutions. Pochettino has two important tasks. The first is to ensure the requisite mentality and intensity are present in every game. The second is to find a spark of creativity in a team that has struggled to produce on the attacking end, especially against organized teams that sit in a mid- or low block. In some ways, those tasks are linked by the idea of confidence. Too much confidence can be toxic. Too little can weaken a team's performance in equal measure. Advertisement 'They need to trust,' Pochettino said. 'They need to trust that they can make a mistake, but the mistake is not to try again. Risk is what we want, what we love. You cannot play football without risk. If you want to play safe you are not going to affect the game. That is an important thing that also we were talking (about) yesterday, is to take risks, to be brave. 'What we accept is when you take a risk and you make a mistake. And you try again, it's not a problem. And try again, it's not a problem. The problem is when you don't try.' Pochettino spoke Saturday about the need to build additional chemistry, but it's not just about the chemistry on the field. It's clear now that there is still a sizable gap to close in terms of understanding how the players should execute his ideas and how comfortable they are jumping off script and taking the risks he talked about. With only a handful of competitive windows left to fine tune those details before the Americans' World Cup campaign kicks off in Los Angeles on June 12, 2026, time is a luxury Pochettino does not have. The clash against Canada on Sunday will either further complicate his timetable or provide a positive boost for a squad that's in desperate need of a new narrative – though Pochettino isn't drawing a straight line from Nations League to World Cup. 'We could win every game leading up to the World Cup and then fail because the team isn't in form or because a few players have issues,' Pochettino said. 'You could have poor preparation in terms of results and your players could arrive in better form. Then one has to press the right buttons on what's needed for the team at that moment and you can end up having a great World Cup.'
USA Today
04-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Tim Weah vs. Hellas Verona – Player props & odds to score a goal on March 3
Tim Weah vs. Hellas Verona – Player props & odds to score a goal on March 3 [gambcom-standard rankid="4130" ] Want to bet on Tim Weah to score a goal in Juventus' upcoming matchup against Hellas Verona on Monday, March 3 at 2:45 PM ET? Review the odds below, along with updated statistics and trends. Last time out, Juventus picked up a 1-0 victory away from home over Cagliari, taking 14 shots and outshooting Cagliari by four. Keep up with Serie A action this season on Fubo! Tim Weah's Odds to Score a Goal vs. Hellas Verona Odds to score a goal next game: +340 Soccer player prop odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Monday at 12:39 PM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. [gambcom-standard rankid="4142" ] Tim Weah's 2024-25 Stats This season, he has hit the pitch for 20 matches, getting the ball past the keeper in five of them. Comparing Weah's expected goals total (1.0) to his actual total (five), you see an overperformance of 4.0. In terms of assists, he has picked up at least one in two matches (out of 20 played) this season. So far in the 2024-25 season, he is averaging 0.6 shots per match (12 total). Juventus vs. Hellas Verona Scoring Insights Juventus is fourth in Serie A in goals scored (43 overall, 1.7 per game), and Hellas Verona is 20th in goals conceded (54 overall, 2.1 per game). In Serie A, Hellas Verona has put up 27 goals in 26 matches (14th in league), and Juventus has given up 21 in 26 games (first). Juventus has outscored opponents 43-21, and its +22 goal differential is third in Serie A. With 27 goals scored and 54 allowed, Hellas Verona is 20th in Serie A in goal differential. Juventus vs. Hellas Verona Match Info Matchup: Juventus vs. Hellas Verona Juventus vs. Hellas Verona Time: 2:45 PM ET 2:45 PM ET Date: March 3, 2025 March 3, 2025 Venue: Allianz Stadium Allianz Stadium Live stream: Watch this game on Paramount+ Watch Juventus vs. Hellas Verona on Paramount+ More Player Props: [gambcom-standard rankid="4338" ]
