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Will Messi play vs. Paraguay? Argentina head coach Scaloni says Leo is still doubtful

Will Messi play vs Paraguay?

Argentina captain Lionel Messi is still a doubt for the World Cup qualifier against Paraguay, coach Lionel Scaloni said on Wednesday.

Messi was included in the world champions' squad despite being sidelined by the muscle problem he sustained last month which has kept him out of action for his U.S. side Inter Miami.

Scaloni said the 36-year-old forward had been training well ahead of the match on Thursday.

Pulisic, McKennie and Weah might have NFL backup careers with insane football skills

The United States men’s national team is back together for two upcoming friendlies which means fans get to see fun behind the scenes moments of the team.

A video of Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie and Timothy Weah tossing around the pigskin in Nashville is one of the highlights from their latest training camp. It’s great to see the USMNT players bonding and goofing off together.

To be fair though, there were some pretty impressive highlights.

Jadon Sancho removed from Manchester United first team training amid manager drama

Manchester United's Jadon Sancho will train alone pending the resolution of a "discipline issue", the Premier League club said on Thursday, following the attacker's falling out with manager Erik ten Hag.

England international Sancho was omitted from United's squad for a 3-1 league loss to Arsenal on Sept. 3, with manager Ten Hag stating he had been left out because of poor training performance.

Following the match, the 23-year-old responded in a lengthy post on Twitter saying he had been unfairly made a "scapegoat".

Watch: First look at Christian Pulisic smiling and shining in AC Milan training

The folks over at AC Milan have been doing a great job providing American fans with videos of Christian Pulisic’s first week with the club. On Friday we got to see over five minutes of a Pulisic AC Milan training video.

One of the club’s camera people played the role of ‘Puli cam’ and only filmed the USMNT star during Milan’s training. During the five-minute video we got to see Pulisic laughing during some sort of relay drill where he had to pick a correct cone and some of his skill moves.

USMNT boys trying to teach Folarin Balogun golf is hilariously wholesome

The United States men’s national team is gearing up for a second run at the Concacaf Nations League title with the semifinal vs. Mexico on Thursday and the final or third-place match scheduled for Sunday.

A total of 23 players were called up for the tournament and the roster includes big names like Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie and newcomer Folarin Balogun.

After laughing at some poor guy in the gym, Mudryk is quickly served poetic justice

On the one hand, Mykhaylo Mudryk deserves sympathy. The 22-year-old has only played 15 Premier League games (for a completely dysfunctional team) and deserves much more patience (which he'll get because he cost $107 million) despite failing to score a goal for Chelsea.

On the other hand, Mudryk deserves zero sympathy — at least for one day — after committing the cardinal sin of gym-goers everywhere: mocking someone for trying to make themselves better, indiscreetly filming them and posting it online to millions of eye balls.

Messi returns to training after PSG suspension

Lionel Messi is training with Paris Saint-Germain again, the Ligue 1 team said on Monday, after the forward was suspended for making a trip to Saudi Arabia and missing a training session as a result.

French media reported that Messi was suspended for two weeks after an unauthorized trip to Saudi Arabia when he was supposed to train with the squad the day after the Ligue 1 leaders' 3-1 defeat to Lorient last month.

El método detrás del impresionante cambio físico de Chicharito Hernández

Los años pesan, lo sabemos. A medida que nos ponemos más viejos, el metabolismo es más lento, nos volvemos más sedentarios, se ensancha la cintura y para qué seguir. Pero no tiene que ser así.

Y Chicharito Hernández está aquï para mostrarte el camino.

OK, OK, OK. Chicharito es un atleta profesional y todo. Sin embargo, uno igual puede sacar lecciones proporcionales al ver su impresionante cambio físico al comparar lo que era a los 31 años y a lo que es hoy a los 34.

El delantero mexicano del LA Galaxy no tiene partes blandas: es pura fibra y músculo.

Los 4 consejos con que Robin van Persie desbloqueó los superpoderes goleadores de Santi Giménez

Siempre le tuvimos fe a Santi Giménez. Sin embargo, hay que ser honestos: ¿alguien imaginaba a Bebote desbloqueando su modo súper saiyajin en su primera temporada con el Feyenoord? No mientan.

Pero aquí estamos. El delantero mexicano suma 20 goles contando Eredivisie, Copa KNVB y Europa League e igualó el récord de más tantos antotados por un mexicano en su primera campaña en el Viejo Contiente que poseían Luis García y Javier Hernández.

The rites of spring: 10 things all soccer players understand

Springtime is finally here, marking a return to outdoor soccer across the country after a particularly brutal winter. It's time to play the game the way the Football Association intended.

With the changing of the season comes certain rites of spring that all players will recognize.

Spring soccer season: 10 things we all understand

#1. Securing the bag.

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