Drama at Elland Road as Vipotnik strikes in added timeFlemming free-kick helps Burnley maintain top-two tilt Leeds missed the chance to return to the top of the Championship as they conceded in the sixth minute of added time to draw 2-2 at home to Swansea. The hosts made the ideal start as they looked to respond to Sheffield United’s Friday night win over Coventry, with Brenden Aaronson bundling the ball home inside a minute. Swansea were handed a chance to level from the spot in the 14th minute, only for Illan Meslier to turn Josh Tymon’s penalty behind. Continue reading...

SoFi Stadium will host the US for two of its World Cup group games, but it was barren for their two lackluster games Mauricio Pochettino looked sullen. Occasionally, he would shake his head in despair. Mostly, he just looked on with a frown. The United States men’s national team manager understood that there would be a lot of recriminations to go around. Following a second competitive loss in four days in the Concacaf Nations League finals, it was hard to pinpoint where, exactly, to lay the blame for a dispiriting international window for the USA. Continue reading...

The American striker has been in splendid form at club level, but that has yet to translate to his national team It’s not too warm or too bright for Josh Sargent. He’s parked in a chair on the patio of the US men’s national team hotel in Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles. He’s facing the horizon and embracing the sun, the moment. There are possibilities ahead, including in the Nations League finals that were then due to take place in a couple days. Sargent arrived for his second camp under Mauricio Pochettino as a safe bet to be the starting striker for the US men’s national team after Ricardo Pepi and Folarin Balogun were left off the Concacaf Nations League Finals due to injuries. Prior to the semifinal against Panama, he wasn’t feeling the heat. Continue reading...

Mauricio Pochettino’s side lost their second straight game in underwhelming fashion against regional competition 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. Continue reading...