Rob Usry

A deserved nod for Atlanta’s striker.

Atlanta United came out and took care of business at home to send the series back to Columbus. Now we get to see what the strongest XI possible can do in a hostile environment against one of the best teams in the league.

React to the match and rate the players’ performances.

The 2023 season is officially over and while Atlanta United didn’t win a trophy or experience true glory, it was undoubtedly an entertaining season. Considering how poorly 2022 went and how bleak things looked at this time a year ago, you have to chalk the last 12 months up as a success.

The United States men’s national team defeated Trinidad & Tobago 3-0 on Thursday night in the first leg of the Concacaf Nations League Quarterfinals. The U.S. overcame 80 frustrating minutes of the visitors parking the bus when Ricardo Pepi broke the deadlock. The goal opened the floodgates with Antonee Robinson adding a spectacular goal and Gio Reyna tacking one on for good measure. It was a purely ugly Concacaf special, but the Americans come away with a big result.

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The United States men’s national team will play in the 2024 Copa America after surviving the second leg of their Concacaf Nations League quarterfinal in Costa Rica. It looked as if it would be an easy night after the U.S. grabbed a 1-0 lead, boosting their aggregate advantage to 4-0. However, an inexplicable red card by Sergino Dest late in the first half made things interesting. The Soca Warriors scored twice to make the U.S. sweat but they got there in the end.

The United States men’s national team kick off another year with their annual January camp. This iteration of the traditional kickstart to the calendar is a bit different than usual with so many different competitions to prepare for at several levels. Greg Berhalter has opted to use this camp as a chance to gather a mixture of fringe senior national team players and U-23 prosects with the Summer Olympics rapidly approaching.

The United States men’s national team open 2024 with a televised training session that saw over 10 players make their debut in a losing effort to Slovenia. Nejc Gradisar’s 26th minute goal was the only tally of the match as Greg Berhalter took the opportunity to get a look at some inexperienced players ahead of this summer’s busy schedule.

The United States men’s national team needed a last minute hand from Jamaica to move to overtime and eventually defeat Jamaica on Thursday night, finishing with a 3-1 win to move on to the Nations League final. It was a shocker of a start as the U.S. fell behind 31 seconds in after a Jamaica throw in was mishandled and Joe Scally was left watching at the back post as the ensuing cross was headed home by Jamaica’s Gregory Leigh. The score line stayed 1-0 until well into the sixth minute of stoppage time when a US corner was deflected off the head of Cory Burke for an own goal that threw the USMNT a lifeline. The US made the most of the second chance as Haji Wright scored two goals in extra time to win the match as the us advanced.