11:39 PM ET Atletico Tucuman’s Andres Balanta collapsed at training on Tuesday. AFA/Twitter Colombian midfielder Andres Balanta died on Tuesday after collapsing during a training session of Atletico Tucuman, the Argentina first division club officials announced. Balanta, 22, collapsed during his team’s first practice after the holiday break and was taken to a hospital in … Read more
Getty Images United States star Christian Pulisic was diagnosed with a pelvic contusion, suffered during his game-winning goal in the first half of the USA’s 1-0 win over Iran. He’s considered “day-to-day” going forward, the team announced. Pulisic posted on social media “I’ll be ready on Saturday,” when the USA plays the Netherlands in the … Read more
Getty Images We’re reaching the business end of the World Cup group stage with Groups A and B are done and dusted. So far, France, Portugal, England, Senegal, United States, Netherlands and Brazil have booked their passage to the round of 16. Nine more will join them on the final matchday of each group. Qatar … Read more
Getty Images For the U.S. men’s national team (USMNT), there was a lot on the line when the team played Iran in its final match of the 2022 World Cup group stage, but the U.S. women’s national team (USWNT) had a lot to root for too. With the USMNT’s 1-0 win over Iran on Tuesday … Read more
Getty Images The group stage is coming to a close in what has been a wild World Cup that has gifted us with goals scored left, right and center. Twelve braces have been scored, but only three players. — Kylian Mbappe, Cody Gakpo and Enner Valencia — sit atop the Golden Boot standings with three … Read more
Getty Images The United States are through to the last 16 of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar after a 1-0 victory over Iran on Tuesday. It was another match that featured a hard-nosed, gritty performance from the midfield unit of Weston McKennie, Tyler Adams, and Yunus Musah. Dubbed the “MMA” midfield after their … Read more
Getty Images The United States men’s national team got the job done on Tuesday, beating Iran 1-0 in their last group stage game to advance to the World Cup’s round of 16. Christian Pulisic was the hero, and though he came off injured, he scored the game’s lone goal as the red, white and blue … Read more
play How the USMNT beat Iran to advance in the World Cup (1:34)Herculez Gomez says the USMNT’s performance was “pretty brilliant” after they beat Iran 1-0 to move on to the last 16 of the FIFA World Cup. (1:34) 7:32 PM ET Iran coach Carlos Queiroz said his team deserved at least a draw against … Read more
Getty Images It is the penultimate day of FIFA World Cup 2022 action with France looking to complete a convincing Group D campaign while Argentina can get out of Group C and Denmark face a nervy last day. Les Bleus are already through regardless while Robert Lewandowski and Poland could have a major say in … Read more
play Are the USMNT experienced enough to challenge the Netherlands? (1:43)Steve Nicol and Craig Burley preview the United States’ round of 16 tie against the Netherlands in the World Cup. (1:43) 7:51 PM ET DOHA, Qatar — On Monday, United States men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter was asked to be, among other things, an … Read more
