International Soccer

Gregg Berhalter’s United States men’s national team received a wake-up call on Saturday with a pathetic 5-1 defeat to Colombia in a friendly. If the USMNT play like this in Copa América this summer, it could be a very short tournament.

The USMNT were simply outclassed against a South American side that entered the game on a 21-game unbeaten streak stretching back to February 2022. The opening 20 minutes illustrated the gulf in class between the two sides as Colombia had their way with the Americans.

USMNT vs Colombia highlights

United States women’s national team head coach Emma Hayes oversaw her first two games in charge and now must make the 18-player Olympic roster. One topic being hotly debated is who to bring as the forwards?

Perhaps a more appropriate question is how many forwards to bring? The USWNT has an Olympic-sized swimming pool kind of depth in attack. With only 18 players set to be on the plane to Paris, the decision is cutthroat.

Hayes led the USWNT to 4-0 and 3-0 victories against South Korea earlier this month and utilized all her forwards across the two games. 

Portugal will benefit from the wealth of experience veteran Cristiano Ronaldo brings to their squad, manager Roberto Martinez said ahead of this month's European Championship in Germany.

Ronaldo, the leading scorer in men's international football with 128 goals in 204 official matches, will be playing in his sixth Euros, having reached the final in his tournament debut in 2004 and winning the competition in 2016.

The men are ready to take on Paris.

U.S. Men's Olympic Soccer Team head coach, Marko Mitrović, has defined the 25 players called-up to the team’s training camp in June as the team prepares for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The U.S. will play Japan in their last preparation friendly on Tuesday, June 11 before taking flight to France.

Fans have been dying to know when will USWNT Olympic roster be announced. New head coach Emma Hayes might’ve slipped the date it will come out.

A total of 18 players will make the cut for the plane to Paris for the 2024 Olympics. The roster is expected to be announced in June and Hayes hinted that it could be June 16.

New United States women’s national team head coach Emma Hayes is officially stateside and will coach her first game on June 1. In the meantime, an Emma Hayes Today interview took place on Thursday as she provided more insight on her plans for the team.

NBC’s Today crew sat down for a five-minute interview with Hayes where she provided her background with Chelsea, gave her thoughts on the USWNT’s waning world dominance and hinted at who will be on the roster for the Olympics.

Emma Hayes Today interview

The first Emma Hayes USWNT roster was revealed on Tuesday ahead of two June friendlies vs. South Korea. Hayes gave the nod to veterans like Alex Morgan, gave two players their first USWNT call ups and had an interesting change of position for Crystal Dunn.

This USWNT roster is the final one before the 18-player squad for the Olympics will be made. A total of 23 players are on the team for the games against South Korea. 

Emma Hayes USWNT roster

Portugal's 39-year-old forward Cristiano Ronaldo will play in his sixth European Championship and veteran defender Pepe also made the cut as coach Roberto Martinez named his 26-man squad on Tuesday.

Ronaldo, who has scored in every Euro since his first appearance in 2004, has netted 14 goals in the tournament. He also scored 10 times in European qualifying matches last year.

Cristiano Ronaldo Euro 2024

The U.S. men’s national team released their official roster for their pair of friendlies in June.

Ahead of what will be two tough matches against CONMEBOL powerhouses Colombia and Brazil, the squad led by Gregg Berhalter has announced the 27 players that will participate in the USMNT’s last training camp before the Copa América.

USMNT release roster for June training camp; friendlies against Colombia/Brazil

Here is the full squad list:

GOALKEEPERS: Ethan Horvath, Sean Johnson, Matt Turner