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Honorable mentions: Johnny Cardoso, Sergiño Dest and Malik Tillman
10. Chris Richards
Welcome to this week’s edition of USMNT Abroad, where we bring you the latest updates on American soccer players making waves across Europe.
From standout performances to key transfers, rumors and injury reports, The18 has got you covered with all the action involving U.S. men’s national team players in Europe’s top leagues.
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USMNT Abroad this weekend: The latest on American players in Europe
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BOURNEMOUTH — Bournemouth's Antoine Semenyo and Evanilson got on the scoresheet as the hosts held on for a stunning 2-1 victory over champions Manchester City on Saturday, ending the visitors' unbeaten streak in the Premier League at 32 games.
The loss dropped Pep Guardiola's City — who had not lost in the league since a 1-0 defeat by Aston Villa on Dec. 6 — to second in the table with 23 points after 10 matches, two points behind Liverpool. Andoni Iraola's side climbed to eighth on 15 points with their first victory over City in the club's history.
Tyler Adams was not surprised over Canada’s drone spying scandal, saying that every team partakes in some sort of spying on their opponents. Well, maybe not with drones.
Tyler Adams reaction to Canada drone scandal — "Every team does it."
U.S. men’s national team and AFC Bournemouth player Adams had an interesting reaction to Canada’s men’s and women’s national teams being found guilty of spying on opponents with the use of drones in multiple international tournaments in the past years.
Tyler Adams will be out on the sidelines, again.
Tyler Adams out for start of season after back surgery
U.S. men’s national team player Tyler Adams is set to miss the start of the 2024-25 season with Premier League club AFC Bournemouth after having to get surgery in light of a 'detrimental participation’ in the 2024 Copa America.
Truly Hard Seltzer is the official hard seltzer of U.S. Soccer and recruited two stars for a humorous new ad. The Tyler Adams and Weston McKennie Truly shower commercial is 28 seconds of pure gold.
There’s nothing quite like having a beverage in the shower. If you’ve done it before then you know what I’m talking about and if you haven’t then you’re missing out.
Truly has now become “The Official Shower Beverage of U.S. Soccer.”
Alexi Lalas just revealed what he thinks should be the starting lineup for the USMNT in the 2024 Copa América. He might’ve been spot on.
The U.S. men’s national team are only five weeks away from making their debut in this summer’s hosting of the Copa America and will most certainly try to shake off the squad’s doubters with their best performance in the tournament yet. Gregg Berhalter wants the gold.
Sparks tend to fly when the United States and Mexico meet on the same field. The rivalry between North America’s two best national teams always produces entertainment and golazos. Some of the best USA vs Mexico goals have been scored in the last 20 years.
The Tyler Adams goal vs Mexico during Sunday’s Concacaf Nations League final will go down as one of the best in the rivalry between the two North American rivals.
The United States men's national team defeated Mexico 2-0 yet again to lift the continental trophy.
The context behind Adams' goal only adds to its lore. He was making his first start for the USMNT in 475 days after a major hamstring injury that required multiple surgeries. He was a surprise start against Mexico as many expected Johnny Cardoso to be in the starting XI.
The 23-player roster for the United States men’s national team’s upcoming games in the Concacaf Nations League was revealed on Wednesday. The roster had several surprises including the return of Tyler Adams and Josh Sargent.
Gregg Berhalter appeared on CBS’s pregame coverage of the UEFA Champions League and took questions from Kate Abdo, Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher and Micah Richards about the squad he selected.
“This was the hardest roster we’ve ever had to pick based on the players in form,” Berhalter said.