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Washington Post
a day ago
- Sport
- Washington Post
He was raised alongside the U.S. men's national team. Now he's part of it.
MINNEAPOLIS — By almost every measure, Sebastian Berhalter is a newcomer to the U.S. men's national soccer team at this Concacaf Gold Cup. On June 1, he reported to his first training camp and, nine days later, debuted for Coach Mauricio Pochettino in the final tune-up. In the pauses between practices, games and trips, the 24-year-old midfielder absorbs instruction from the coaching staff, bonds with other novices seeking to catch Pochettino's eye before the 2026 World Cup and gains the trust of the experienced corps.
CNA
2 days ago
- Sport
- CNA
Reigning MVP Lionel Messi joined by four Whitecaps on MLS All-Star team
The Western Conference-leading Vancouver Whitecaps placed four players on the 26-man MLS All-Star team that was announced Wednesday by the league. Forward Brian White, midfielder Sebastian Berhalter, defender Tristan Blackmon and goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka will represent Vancouver in the MLS All-Star Game versus LIGA MX's best players on July 23 at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas. The expansion San Diego FC are the only other MLS club represented by more than two players as forwards Anders Dreyer and Chucky Lozano and midfielder Jeppe Tverskov claimed spots on the team. Inter Miami's Lionel Messi (the league's reigning MVP), Philadelphia's Tai Baribo (the league's leading goal-scorer with 13), Charlotte FC's Patrick Agyemang, LAFC's Denis Bouanga, Columbus' Diego Rossi and Austin FC's Brandon Vazquez round out the All-Star forwards. Berhalter and Tverskov are joined in the midfield by Portland's David Da Costa, FC Cincinnati's Evander, RSL's Diego Luna and Chicago's Philip Zinckernagel. Inter Miami's Jordi Alba, Columbus' Max Arfsten, Minnesota's Michael Boxall, Orlando City's Alex Freeman, Philadelphia's Jakob Glesnes, Nashville's Andy Najar and FC Cincinnati's Miles Robinson join Blackmon in the back end. Minnesota's Dayne St. Clair, who boasts a league-high-tying eight clean sheets, and Austin's Brad Stuver will share time in goal with Takaoka. MLS built its squad with 12 players voted in by the fans, 12 players selected by All-Star coach Nico Estevez of Austin FC and two players chosen by Commissioner Don Garber. Alba, Baribo, Berhalter, Blackmon, Bouanga, Boxall, Evander, Freeman, Luna, Messi, St. Clair and White were elected by the fans. Arfsten, Da Costa, Dreyer, Glesnes, Najar, Robinson, Rossi, Stuver, Takaoka, Tverskov, Vazquez and Zinckernagel got the nod from Estevez. Garber tabbed Agyemang and Lozano as his picks. The 24-year-old Agyemang makes his first All-Star appearance while Lozano, 29, has made a big impact as San Diego FC's first Designated Player.
Reuters
2 days ago
- Sport
- Reuters
Reigning MVP Lionel Messi joined by four Whitecaps on MLS All-Star team
June 26 - The Western Conference-leading Vancouver Whitecaps placed four players on the 26-man MLS All-Star team that was announced Wednesday by the league. Forward Brian White, midfielder Sebastian Berhalter, defender Tristan Blackmon and goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka will represent Vancouver in the MLS All-Star Game versus LIGA MX's best players on July 23 at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas. The expansion San Diego FC are the only other MLS club represented by more than two players as forwards Anders Dreyer and Chucky Lozano and midfielder Jeppe Tverskov claimed spots on the team. Inter Miami's Lionel Messi (the league's reigning MVP), Philadelphia's Tai Baribo (the league's leading goal-scorer with 13), Charlotte FC's Patrick Agyemang, LAFC's Denis Bouanga, Columbus' Diego Rossi and Austin FC's Brandon Vazquez round out the All-Star forwards. Berhalter and Tverskov are joined in the midfield by Portland's David Da Costa, FC Cincinnati's Evander, RSL's Diego Luna and Chicago's Philip Zinckernagel. Inter Miami's Jordi Alba, Columbus' Max Arfsten, Minnesota's Michael Boxall, Orlando City's Alex Freeman, Philadelphia's Jakob Glesnes, Nashville's Andy Najar and FC Cincinnati's Miles Robinson join Blackmon in the back end. Minnesota's Dayne St. Clair, who boasts a league-high-tying eight clean sheets, and Austin's Brad Stuver will share time in goal with Takaoka. MLS built its squad with 12 players voted in by the fans, 12 players selected by All-Star coach Nico Estevez of Austin FC and two players chosen by Commissioner Don Garber. Alba, Baribo, Berhalter, Blackmon, Bouanga, Boxall, Evander, Freeman, Luna, Messi, St. Clair and White were elected by the fans. Arfsten, Da Costa, Dreyer, Glesnes, Najar, Robinson, Rossi, Stuver, Takaoka, Tverskov, Vazquez and Zinckernagel got the nod from Estevez. Garber tabbed Agyemang and Lozano as his picks. The 24-year-old Agyemang makes his first All-Star appearance while Lozano, 29, has made a big impact as San Diego FC's first Designated Player. --Field Level Media
USA Today
3 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
2025 MLS All-Star roster: Messi, Agyemang, Lozano headline squad
Major League Soccer has revealed its 26-player roster for the 2025 MLS All-Star Game. The MLS All-Stars will face a team of Liga MX's best on July 23 at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas. The MLS squad will be looking for some revenge after losing 4-1 to the Liga MX stars in last year's All-Star Game at Field in Columbus. The MLS stars will be led by Lionel Messi, who was named to his first All-Star team last year but couldn't participate in the match due to injury. The first-place Vancouver Whitecaps feature the most players on the MLS roster with four: Sebastian Berhalter, Tristan Blackmon, Yohei Takaoka, and Brian White. All four are making their All-Star Game debuts. Columbus Crew forward Diego Rossi has been selected to his fourth All-Star Game, the most of any player on the roster. LAFC forward Denis Bouanga, Philadelphia Union defender Jakob Glesnes, and FC Cincinnati defender Miles Robinson are next with three selections each. The players on the MLS roster were selected in three ways: 12 players were voted in by MLS fans, players, and media; 12 players were selected by MLS All-Star head coach Nico Estévez of host club Austin FC; and two players (Patrick Agyemang and Hirving Lozano) were picked by MLS commissioner Don Garber. Below is the full 2025 MLS All-Star roster, including the mechanism by which each player was named to the team. 2025 MLS All-Star roster Goalkeepers (3) Defenders (8) Midfielders (6) Forwards/Wingers (9)
Forbes
5 days ago
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- Forbes
Low USMNT Gold Cup Attendance Is About The Tournament, Not The Team
Sebastian Berhalter of United States controls the ball during a Group D match Saudi Arabia on ... More Thursday. The United States men's national team has always had trouble competing with the kind of crowds the Mexico national team is able to pull on U.S. soil on. There's socioeconomic factors at play, of course. People who go to USMNT games – especially friendlies and lesser competitive fixtures – do so out of fandom of American soccer in particular. For Mexican expats living in the States, El Tri games have a far wider and more visceral patriotic appeal, the kind that Americans associate more with the Olympics and men's and women's World Cup. But in the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup, what is most striking about the sparse attendances at USMNT games is that they've not only lagged El Tri fixtures, but also many others in the group stage. Crowds of less than 13,000 greeted the USMNT in the first two group matches. Here's a sampling of some other matches that outdrew the Americans' wins over Trinidad and Tobago and Saudi Arabia. It doesn't include the early games in single-venue doubleheaders where it was clear most fans appeared showed for the later match. *Match played in Canada The crowd of 20,918 that viewed the Americans' 2-1 win over Haiti on Matchday 3 in Arlington, Texas, was a modest improvement, but still underwhelming. This isn't the first time the American team has struggled to draw crowds in this tournament on its home soil. Trending Downward The numbers from the 2021 group stage – in which the USA played all three games in Kansas City – were actually worse. And it's important to understand most of the above matches were also held in markets where the same expatriot effect that boosts El Tri attendances also applies to other Central American communities, on a lesser level. But maybe the sparse numbers – as opposed to the somewhat more promising total of 54,625 combined fans who watched earlier friendlies against Turkey and Switzerland – suggests that the tolerance for endless Concacaf competition among the region's elite nations is fading, at least as it pertains to spending hard-earned money to watch those competitions in person. Mexico's matches have also drawn disappointing crowds relative to previous Gold Cups – albeit still far larger than those at USMNT games. Some have attributed that to fears over the games becoming targets for activity by the federal government's Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Yet those same concerns theoretically would have also applied to the communities likely to attend matches involving Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. That doesn't appear to have happened. And much larger crowds have turned out to watch Mexico's representatives in the ongoing FIFA Club World Cup in recent days against River Plate at the Rose Bowl and Real Madrid in Charlotte. Since the creation of the Concacaf Nations League in 2019, Mexico and the United States have played more competitive fixtures than ever on U.S. soil. (Mexico has also relentlessly hosted friendlies in the U.S. rather than Mexico because of the far higher ticket revenue potential.) Throw in the Gold Cup every two years, and Concacaf is asking American fans of its two biggest nations to care about five regional competitions every World Cup cycle. The struggles at the gate could be as simple as the confederation simply overestimating American fans' endurance when it comes to competition in a region they've always dominated, when it's clear that where both would rather be – realistic or not – is on a global stage.
