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Twenty-four players made international debuts, including 13 Slovenians. All Americans were from Major League Soccer for a match not on a FIFA international date. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesŠturm, Gradišar, Kamungo, Zawadzki and Schulte all were making their debuts. Schulte, Zawadzki and Kamungo were joined by midfielders Josh Atencio and Timmy Tillman, winger Diego Luna and forward Brian White. Eight starters debuted for 54th-ranked Slovenia, which plays Denmark, Serbia and England in the group stage of the European Championship in June.

Persons: Nejc Gradišar, Gregg Berhalter, Danijel Šturm, Bernard Kamungo, Sean Zawadzki, Gradišar, Patrick Schulte, Zawadzki, Schulte, Igor Vekič, John Tolkin, Kamungo, Josh Atencio, Timmy Tillman, Diego Luna, Brian White, Jack McGlynn, Duncan McGuire, Esmir Bajraktarevic, Aziel Jackson, Bruce Arena, Tillman, Malik Tillman, Shaq Moore, Miles Robinson, ___ Organizations: ANTONIO, Major League Soccer, FIFA, CONCACAF Nations League, Mexico, Europe, Slovenia, U.S, Bruce, Iran, European Locations: Slovenia, United States, Europe, U.S, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Serbia, Poland, Guatemala, Denmark, England

☆ US men’s soccer team shocked by Trinidad and Tobago but still makes Nations League semifinals
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The US Men’s National Team suffered a shock 2-1 defeat to Trinidad and Tobago in the second leg of its CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal, but survived the upset to reach the semifinals 4-2 on aggregate. Dest, who assisted Robinson’s opening goal, picked up his first booking for deliberately kicking the ball into the stands in frustration at a refereeing decision. After the match, Dest issued an apology on social media and called his actions “immature.”“I want to apologize to my teammates, staff, fans and whole nation for my behaviour,” he wrote on Instagram. “There’s not too many things that I can say here, publicly, that we said privately,” Ream told reporters after the game. This year’s CONCACAF Nations League also acts as the qualifiers for the expanded 2024 Copa América, which will take place in the United States.

Persons: Antonee Robinson, Dest, Robinson’s, ”, Tim Ream, “ There’s, ” Ream, it’s, John Dorton, Reon Moore, Alvin Jones Organizations: CNN, US Men’s National, CONCACAF Nations League, Fulham, Getty, US, América, CONCACAF Locations: Trinidad and Tobago, Texas, United States

☆ Dest must be 'accountable', US coach says after red against Trinidad
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Dest, 23, assisted Antonee Robinson's opening goal before being sent off in the 39th minute. Trinidad levelled minutes later, with Alvin Jones giving them the lead in the 57th minute. Berhalter said he does not want this situation to become a "witch hunt" and that Dest had apologised to the team. He's going to learn, he's going to grow. "It's something I have to learn from and it won't happen again!," Dest said.

Persons: Sergiño Dest, Andre Raymond, Scott Wachter, Gregg Berhalter, Sergino, Antonee Robinson's, Alvin Jones, that's, Berhalter, it's, Dest, he's, Instagram, Pearl Josephine Nazare, Robert Birsel Organizations: Men's National, Concacaf Quarterfinal, Q2, CONCACAF Nations League, America, Thomson Locations: Austin , Texas, USA, Trinidad, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago, U.S, Austin, Trinidad . Dest, Bengaluru

The Americans held on to win the total-goals series 4-2 and earn spots in the 16-nation Copa América and the CONCACAF Nations League semifinals. As a team, the players, the staff, we need to hold him accountable.”Dest will be suspended for the Nations League semifinal in March. He missed this year’s Nations League final after getting a red card and a three-game ban for scuffling in the semifinal against Mexico. He’s going to learn. He’s going to grow.

Persons: Sergiño Dest, Tim Ream, “, ” Ream, Antonee Robinson, didn’t, Walter López, Andre Rampersad, “ It’s, Gregg Berhalter, ” Dest, López, Gio Reyna, Ream, Reyna, Turner, that’s, ” Berhalter, we’re, it’s, ”, Michael Kammarman, Philippe Moggio, Alvaro Urrutia, Moggio, Urrutia, “ Serge, he’s, Berhalter, He’s, we’ve, Paul Caligiuri’s, Robinson, Shannon Gomez, Denzil Smith, ” Robinson, ___ Organizations: Copa América, Trinidad, CONCACAF Nations League, U.S, Dest, Nations League, year’s Nations League, Mexico, CONCACAF Locations: United States, Port, Spain, U.S, Austin , Texas, Guatemalan, ” U.S, Costa Rica

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gio Reyna scored his first two internationals goals since a family feud with coach Gregg Berhalter erupted at last year's World Cup, leading the United States to a 4-0 rout of Ghana in an exhibition on Tuesday night. The 20-year-old midfielder's first game under Berhalter since the controversy was in Saturday's 3-1 loss to Germany. A son of former U.S. captain Claudio Reyna and American midfielder Danielle Egan, Gio Reyna was limited to a pair of substitute appearances in Qatar. Reyna got his second goal from an indirect free kick 10 yards out, awarded when Opoku sat on the ball. Reyna poked the ball to Pulisic, who tapped it back, and Reyna kicked the ball into the roof of the net.

Persons: — Gio Reyna, Gregg Berhalter, Reyna, Christian Pulisic, Folarin Balogun, Claudio Reyna, Danielle Egan, Gio Reyna, Berhalter, Sergiño, Nicholas Opoku, Pulisic, Gideon Mensah, Tim Weah, Weah, Jerome Opoku, Opoku, Matt Turner, parry Mohammed Kudus, Lennard Maloney, Chris Hughton, ___ Organizations: U.S, CONCACAF Nations League, Black Stars, South, Berhalter, Mexico Locations: Tenn, United States, Ghana, U.S, Saturday's, Germany, Qatar, Africa, South Africa

Niclas Füllkrug and Jamal Musiala scored three minutes apart early in the second half, and Germany rallied to beat the United States 3-1 in a rainy exhibition Saturday. Political Cartoons View All 1211 Images“He played a good game, showed his quality,” Berhalter said. Gündoğan tied the score with his 18th international goal and first since the World Cup. Musiala got his second international goal, racing ahead of Tim Ream after Füllkrug beat Turner to a deflection and then centered the ball. “In the second half,” Nagelsmann said, “we had the ball possession in the opponent's half.

Persons: — Gio Reyna, Gregg Berhalter, Julian Nagelsmann, Niclas Füllkrug, Jamal Musiala, “, ” Berhalter, ” Reyna, Berhalter, Reyna, Weston McKennie, ” Pulisic, Pulisic, Jonathan Tah, Antonio Rüdiger, Marc, André, Gündoğan, Leroy Sané, Matt Turner, Sané, Luca de la, Füllkrug, Turner, Robin Gosens, Chris Richards, Musiala, Tim Ream, Chris Führich, Hansi Flick, ” Nagelsmann Organizations: HARTFORD, United, “, CONCACAF Nations League, Canada, Dortmund, Bundesliga, Mexico, Luca de la Torre Locations: Conn, Germany, United States, Qatar, U.S, Gündoğan, Mexico, Philadelphia, Ghana, Nashville , Tennessee

☆ Forest sign U.S. keeper Turner from Arsenal
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Aug 9 (Reuters) - Nottingham Forest have signed goalkeeper Matt Turner from Arsenal with the United States international signing a four-year deal, the two clubs announced on Wednesday. No financial details were given but British media said Forest will pay seven million pounds ($8.92 million) for Turner plus three million in performance-related add-ons. Turner shot to fame in Major League Soccer where he made 111 appearances for New England Revolution before moving to Arsenal last year. It's felt right from the start and I'm happy it's got done." Arsenal are expected to replace Turner with Brentford keeper David Raya, according to British media.

Persons: Matt Turner, Turner, Aaron Ramsdale, Steve Cooper, It's, Ola Aina, Anthony Elanga, David Raya, Rohith Nair, Ken Ferris Organizations: Nottingham Forest, Arsenal, United States, CONCACAF Gold, CONCACAF Nations League, Major League Soccer, New England, Gunners, Premier League, Brentford, Thomson Locations: Nottingham, Bengaluru

☆ Defending champions U.S. beat Canada in CONCACAF Nations League final
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 18 (Reuters) - The United States beat Canada 2-0 on Sunday in Las Vegas to secure their second consecutive CONCACAF Nations League title. First-half goals from Chris Richards and Folarin Balogun were enough to give the United States the victory in their first meeting with Canada in a tournament final. Richards opened the scoring when he headed home a Gio Reyna corner in the 12th minute. Reyna was again the provider in the 34th minute when his through ball was dispatched by Balogun into the bottom corner. Mexico beat Panama 1-0 earlier on Sunday in the third-place match.

Persons: Chris Richards, Folarin, Richards, Gio Reyna, Reyna, Atiba, Frank Pingue, Peter Rutherford Organizations: United, CONCACAF Nations League, Canada, Balogun, Panama, Thomson Locations: United States, Canada, Las Vegas, Panama, Mexico, Toronto

☆ USA and Mexico soccer match ends early amid homophobic chants
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Jill Martin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

But this Concacaf Nations League semifinal – marred by dirty tackles, pushing and shoving and even a torn jersey – ended in ugly fashion. Twelve minutes of stoppage time was added, but the referee opted to end the game around four minutes early amid the discriminatory chants from the crowd. “Chants heard during the game led to the activation of the anti-discrimination protocol by the match officials. Sergiño Dest shoves and Gerardo Arteaga were both shown red cards for this altercation. Lucas Peltier/USA TODAY Sports/ReutersFifteen minutes later, Mexico defender Gerardo Arteaga and USMNT star Sergiño Dest were both shown straight red cards for pushing each other during another altercation between the two teams.

Persons: –, Weston McKennie, Louis Grasse, Christian Pulisic, Ricardo Pepi, César Montes, Weston McKennie –, Dest, Gerardo Arteaga, Lucas Peltier, Sergiño Dest Organizations: CNN, US Men’s National Team, Mexico, Allegiant, Concacaf Nations League, North, Caribbean Association Football, Concacaf, FIFA, Mexican Football Federation Locations: Las Vegas, Central America, Mexico, Canada

☆ Berhalter to return as US coach, the Athletic reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 16 (Reuters) - Gregg Berhalter is poised to return as coach of the United States men's team, The Athletic reported on Friday, almost six months after U.S. Soccer let his contract expire amid a shakeup at the federation. The Athletic said the deal is "still being finalised" but that Berhalter's return was "imminent". Berhalter had made remarks criticising Reyna's commitment to the team at the World Cup, saying that he even considered sending him home. U.S. Soccer launched an investigation, which said in March that the incident would not prevent the body from rehiring Berhalter. Callaghan, who took over from Anthony Hudson when he stepped down as interim manager, has guided the United States to the final of the CONCACAF Nations League where they face Canada on Sunday.

Persons: Gregg Berhalter, Gio Reyna, Berhalter, Reyna's, Danielle, B.J, Callaghan, Anthony Hudson, Pearl Josephine Nazare, Peter Rutherford Organizations: United, United States men's, The Athletic, U.S, Soccer, Athletic, ESPN, Reuters, . Soccer, CONCACAF Nations League, Thomson Locations: United States, Qatar, Berhalter, U.S, Canada, Bengaluru

☆ Pulisic spearheads U.S. squad for CONCACAF Nations League title defence
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NEW YORK, June 1 (Reuters) - United States' Chelsea winger Christian Pulisic will spearhead their CONCACAF Nations League title defence when the Final Four kick off on June 15 in Las Vegas, with U.S. Soccer naming their training camp squad on Thursday. The U.S. beat Mexico in extra time two years ago to clinch the title and will have a rematch with their rivals in the semi-finals. Arsenal striker Folarin Balogun, who gave U.S. Soccer a boost last month when he opted to represent the United States instead of England, has earned his first call-up. The training camp starts on June 4, just days after Anthony Hudson stepped down as interim manager of the U.S. team, with assistant B.J. Reyna was named in the training squad on Thursday.

Persons: Christian Pulisic, Folarin Balogun, Weston McKennie, Brenden Aaronson, Arsenal's Matt Turner, Anthony Hudson, B.J, Callaghan, Gregg Berhalter, Gio Reyna, Reyna, that’s, Amy Tennery, Ken Ferris Organizations: YORK, Chelsea, CONCACAF Nations League, U.S, Soccer, Arsenal, Leeds United, U.S ., Thomson Locations: United States, Las Vegas, U.S, Mexico, Panama, Canada, England, New York

☆ U.S. players ready to move on from Reyna dispute-Ream
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( Amy Tennery | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. Soccer was embroiled in turmoil after returning from the World Cup in Qatar when a bitter dispute broke out between former coach Gregg Berhalter, U.S. midfielder Reyna and his parents. That prompted an investigation by U.S. Soccer, which said last week that the incident would not prevent the body from rehiring Berhalter. Interim head coach Anthony Hudson named Reyna to the 24-man squad as the Americans seek to reach the CONCACAF Nations League Final Four. "What's happened with Gio in the past is in the past and what happened at the World Cup happened at the World Cup and we moved on from that as players," Ream told reporters on Tuesday. Hudson said in remarks provided by U.S. Soccer last week that Reyna was "a part of our program".

☆ FIFA penalises Mexico for offensive chants by fans during World Cup matches
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MEXICO CITY, Jan 13 (Reuters) - FIFA sanctioned the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) for the offensive chants the country's fans made during their matches at last year's World Cup by ordering it to play a game behind closed doors and fined it 100,000 Swiss francs ($108,000). "The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has fined FMF with a fine of CHF 100,000 and one match to be played behind closed doors in light of chants by Mexican supporters during the Mexico v. Poland and Saudi Arabia v. Mexico World Cup matches," FIFA said in a statement on Friday. "This sanction will apply on the next official match played by their senior men's national team in a FIFA competition." The FMF has been sanctioned on several occasions because of a shout Mexican fans make before the rival goalkeeper clears the ball. Mexico will play Jamaica behind closed doors on March 25 in the CONCACAF Nations League.

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