The U.S. Men's National Team will play Canada on Sunday at 6 p.m. ET in the Concacaf Nations League Third Place Match on Paramount+ Anytime the USMNT faces off against Canada nowadays, there's a heated undertone to the clash, but this game will have an air of disappointment as the two teams meet in the third place match of the 2024/25 CONCACAF Nations League. live coverage of today’s third-place playoff between Mauricio Pochettino’s USA and Jesse Marsch’s Canada
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It left the United States, who had won all previous iterations of the Nations League, not in the final for the first time in the competition's four tournaments.
On the eve of what turned out to be his first loss in a competitive match in charge of the United States men’s national team and the end of his honeymoon with his newish employers, Mauricio Pochettino said something accidentally prescient.
“Football is about timing and it’s about form and the situation of the player,” he said to a room of reporters ahead of the US’s 1-0 loss to Panama.
At the time, form appeared to be on the affable Argentinian’s side. Christian Pulisic is playing some of the best soccer of his career at Milan. Weston McKennie has, improbably, become a stalwart once again at Juventus, the very club that tries to dump him every summer. Tyler Adams is finally healthy and ticking over sweetly at the base of the Bournemouth midfield. Josh Sargent is having yet another productive season with Norwich in the Championship. Chris Richards has grown into his immense potential at the heart of the Crystal Palace defense. You could go on like that for a little while longer.
The United States Men’s National Team take the field later this afternoon in the match that they did not want to play. Unfortunately, thanks to a loss to Panama on Thursday, they will face Canada in the Concacaf Nations League Third Place match.
It’s the first time the USMNT has played on the final day without having a trophy hang in the balance, and they have to wrap their heads around the fact that this match is for pride. Lots of pride. They take on a Canada side that showed some fight but fell to Mexico in the other semifinal, and they absolutely want to win this one over the United States.
The two teams will take the field, and the USMNT hope to leave with something positive in the form of a win against their neighbors to the north.
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It left the United States, who had won all previous iterations of the Nations League, not in the final for the first time in the competition's four tournaments.
On the eve of what turned out to be his first loss in a competitive match in charge of the United States men’s national team and the end of his honeymoon with his newish employers, Mauricio Pochettino said something accidentally prescient.
“Football is about timing and it’s about form and the situation of the player,” he said to a room of reporters ahead of the US’s 1-0 loss to Panama.
At the time, form appeared to be on the affable Argentinian’s side. Christian Pulisic is playing some of the best soccer of his career at Milan. Weston McKennie has, improbably, become a stalwart once again at Juventus, the very club that tries to dump him every summer. Tyler Adams is finally healthy and ticking over sweetly at the base of the Bournemouth midfield. Josh Sargent is having yet another productive season with Norwich in the Championship. Chris Richards has grown into his immense potential at the heart of the Crystal Palace defense. You could go on like that for a little while longer.
The United States Men’s National Team take the field later this afternoon in the match that they did not want to play. Unfortunately, thanks to a loss to Panama on Thursday, they will face Canada in the Concacaf Nations League Third Place match.
It’s the first time the USMNT has played on the final day without having a trophy hang in the balance, and they have to wrap their heads around the fact that this match is for pride. Lots of pride. They take on a Canada side that showed some fight but fell to Mexico in the other semifinal, and they absolutely want to win this one over the United States.
The two teams will take the field, and the USMNT hope to leave with something positive in the form of a win against their neighbors to the north.
