
ESPN - 1 hour 11 min ago
World Cup-winning teams need more than their starting 11, but the U.S. men's national team never had enough good bench options. Maybe that has finally changed?...

Yard Barker - 1 hour 52 min ago
Noussair Mazraoui featured as Morocco drew 1-1 with Ecuador on Friday evening, in the first of two games that kickstart their preparation for the upcoming FIFA World Cup finals in North America this summer.

CBS Sports - 3 hours 28 min ago
The USMNT will be without Chris Richards and Miles Robinson for Saturday's friendly against Belgium, posing new questions of the back line...

Yard Barker - 4 hours 20 min ago
England's path to the summer World Cup continued on Friday evening, with Harry Maguire and Marcus Rashford both featuring as the Three Lions drew 1-1 with Uruguay in a friendly.

The Guardian - 5 hours 53 min ago
As a player, Mauricio Pochettino suffered under World Cup pressure. As a manager, he hopes to help the USMNT's belief in the face of it US men's national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino probably understands the pressure of playing for your national team in a way few of his players can. Pochettino was a late cut from Argentina's World Cup plans in 1994 and 1998. He finally made the squad as a veteran in 2002, part of a stacked team favored by many to win the entire tournament. The...

NPR - 5 hours 53 min ago
The U.S. has gone unbeaten in its past five international matches. But now the team is upping the ante with games against Belgium and Portugal that could show fans whether a deep run is in the cards.

BBC - 6 hours 37 min ago
Republic of Ireland boss Heimir Hallgrimsson says he has "big respect" for how veteran defender Seamus Coleman has "given everything" to his country's cause.

The Guardian - 6 hours 53 min ago
Portugal head coach, who describes the country as a football school', explains why he is ready to take risks in pursuit of World Cup glory You get there and the mountain is so big, you have no objective other than survive." It was summer 1995, Roberto Mart nez was 21, he had made one brief appearance for Real Zaragoza and just completed military service while playing regional football back in his home town of Balaguer. A complete unknown, he was heading to Wigan, wherever that was, and didn't...

Sky Sports - 8 hours 53 min ago
The Flat is well and truly back! The Lincoln Handicap tops the domestic billing as the turf season gets underway on the level, before Forever Young goes for Dubai World Cup glory.

BBC - 14 hours 59 min ago
After another subdued performance in an England shirt, has Phil Foden wasted his last chance to make their World Cup squad?...

The Guardian - 16 hours 45 min ago
Ben White arrived to a chorus of jeers from the England support at Wembley when Thomas Tuchel introduced him as a 68th minute substitute. Of course he did. There ought to be no second chances for the Arsenal defender in the eyes of plenty of those present. He let the country down when he walked out on the England squad during the 2022 World Cup and made himself unavailable for the next two years. The real surprise was what happened next. It was one of those paper aeroplane Wembley friendlies, the...

The Guardian - 17 hours 4 min ago
The toughest cuts for the World Cup roster will likely come at the position the US manager considers to be the most important on the field Throughout his tenure as US men's national team manager, Pochettino has needed to be experimental in the heart of the park. The player pool he inherited had a first-choice midfield trio Tyler Adams, Weston McKennie, and Yunus Musah with few adequately tested alternatives. There has since been ample rotation, testing partnerships and combinations. Today one...

Yard Barker - 17 hours 9 min ago
The U.S. Men's National Team is back in action. It's set to take on Belgium on Saturday in Atlanta, Georgia.

Sky Sports - 17 hours 28 min ago
We examine how England's 1-1 draw with Uruguay has impacted Thomas Tuchel's plans for the World Cup, who has boosted their prospects and who now has an uphill battle to make the plane this summer...

The Guardian - 18 hours 2 min ago
Chris Richards and Miles Robinson out for Belgium game Robinson to also miss Tuesday friendly v Portugal Richards arrived from Crystal Palace with knee issue If the US men's national team needed a test run for how a sudden injury crisis could affect preparations for games against top opponents at the World Cup, they have one now. Injuries to defenders Chris Richards and Miles Robinson have the US facing a sudden center-back shortage ahead of friendlies against Belgium on Saturday and Portugal...

Yard Barker - 19 hours 43 min ago
Lionel Scaloni has addressed the uncertainty surrounding Lionel Messi's participation in the 2026 World Cup. The 38-year-old star captain has not retired from international football, but questions remain over his future.

Yard Barker - 20 hours 39 min ago
Moise Kean's Italy goals continue to be important for Gli Azzurri as the 26-year-old striker scored once more in Italy's 2-0 win over Northern Ireland in the semi-final of the 2026 World Cup Play-Offs in Bergamo on Thursday.

The Guardian - 20 hours 53 min ago
Roy Hodgson's return, David Moyes's impending contract offer and a tribute from Iran's footballers made the headlines Thomas Tuchel has acknowledged that Ben White needs to clear the air with his teammates after returning to the England squad , but the head coach is confident the defender will not be booed by the Wembley crowd during tonight's friendly against Uruguay. White has not been part of the setup since exiting the 2022 World Cup in Qatar early for personal reasons and the...

The Guardian - 20 hours 53 min ago
Updates from the Wembley game; kick-off 7.45pm GMT Live scores | Follow us on Bluesky | And email Scott England's World Cup prep starts here. They're in good nick, having won 12 of their last 13 matches to the cumulative tune of 37-4. They've kept a clean sheet in 11 of their last 12 games, including all of the last six. Meanwhile Uruguay lost their last game 5-1 to the USA. Hopes are high. But some expectation management. There are only two teams against whom England have a lower win...

ESPN - 21 hours 33 min ago
The final six spots -- four from Europe and two from the intercontinental playoff -- will be clinched this week.

ESPN - 21 hours 33 min ago
Wales scrapped for every inch of the pitch against Bosnia and Herzegovina, but in the end, it wasn't enough to save their World Cup dream.

Yard Barker - 23 hours 15 min ago
Global soccer icon Lionel Messi has not decided whether he will help Argentina defend its FIFA World Cup title this summer in North America, national team coach Lionel Scaloni said.

The Guardian - 23 hours 24 min ago
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! Pass the paracetamol because Football Daily's neck is in absolute bits. Two penalty shootouts at the same time will do that to you, eyes bouncing from Wales's heartbreak in Cardiff to the Republic of Ireland's agony in Prague . Alas, neither will feature at the Geopolitics World Cup after their playoff semi-final defeats. For Ireland, it'll be a minimum of 28 years between appearances at the big show. At least they'll always...

NY Post - 23 hours 33 min ago
Iran has banned their sports teams from traveling to hostile' countries.