Tons of USMNT action this weekend. Honestly more than we could fit on one screen – so check below for our “honorable mention” games too.
Starting things off, CP10 and Yunus Musah take on Lecce in Serie A. Basically every Milan game is must-watch right now. We’ve never seen a USMNT player as a true star on a top tier team in a top tier league, so let’s just enjoy it.
On Saturday morning we get two games to choose from. Robinson has been crushing it, so let’s see him take on USMNT Premier League career killers Nottingham Forest. Come on Fulham.
The other Saturday matchup features Haji Wright and Coventry vs. Brenden Aaronson and Leeds. Leeds should be making a serious promotion push this season so we hope they get the 3 points, but that Wright gets in the goals too.
Saturday night we have Tim Ream taking on Leo Messi and Inter Miami. Messi is just back from his Copa America ankle injury and it should be cool to see Ream try to stop him. Ream was awful against Canada and we were ready to write him off with the USMNT after that match, maybe he can change opinions by stopping Messi, Suarez, and co?
Last but not least we have two Americans facing off in Ligue 1. Mark McKenzie is legit in the conversation for a starting CB slot with the USMNT, so let’s see how he does against some true top level competition in Lyon. Tanner Tessman has been getting minutes off the bench since his summer move from Venezia – and we’d expect to see that continue. Should be plenty of intrigue for USMNT fans in this one.
Honorable Mention:
1) Juve v. Genoa – Sat 12pm ET. Weah is out injured (again…) and we have a sneaking feeling McKennie will get rested but be back in the lineup in UCL midweek
2) PSV v. Willem II – Sat 10:30am ET. We really should all be watching more Malik Tillman during this hot streak. We’ll wait until he’s playing a better team to put him in the top 5 though.
3) Union Berlin v. B. Monchengladbach – Sat 9:30am ET. Another 2-for-1 special for USMNT fans as Jordan Pefok takes on Joe Scally in Bundesliga.
4) Venezia v. Roma – Sun 9am ET. Busio has been in good form since returning from injury. Can he keep it up vs. Roma?
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10.4 – Weekend Recap
The last match window before the USMNT all gather in Austin for Pochettino’s first camp was action packed.
Pulisic scored, and was Milan’s best player, again! It’s almost every game this year he’s been either the best player by the data or as voted by fans. …But we get some bad vibes from his teammates twice stripping him of the PK responsibility against the coach’s orders. Theo Hernandez and Tammy Abraham both had their PKs saved by David de Gea – so they probably should have let Pulisic, who is 10/10 in his career, take them.
September 2024 “team of the month”
This is basically how the USMNT would line up in our first matches under Pochettino – if he made his decisions based ONLY on current club form. He obviously won’t do that – but it’s a cool way to look at who is playing well, and who isn’t, for the USMNT.
10.4 – Weekend preview
Best matches of the weekend, brought to you by #DosACero. This is the final match window before the guys head to #Austin for the FIRST CAMP WITH POCHETTINO. Here’s hoping for a strong set of performances, with everyone coming in hot. LFG!