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| USA v Serbia: international football friendly – live! | USA v Serbia: international football friendly – live! |
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| 8.39pm GMT | |
| 20:39 | |
| Serbia’s starting XI: | |
| Serbia starting XI vs. #usmnt: Manojlovic; Miletic, Maras, Calasan; Plavsic, Cirkovic, Palocevic, Panic, Dokic; Jovanovic | |
| 8.33pm GMT | |
| 20:33 | |
| Here’s USMNT starting XI: | |
| Check out the #USMNT Starting XI for #USAvSRB on ESPN2 and @UniMas at 4 p.m. ET.Lineup Notes: https://t.co/zBGU7uSogG pic.twitter.com/BhXPp999vE | |
| 8.24pm GMT | |
| 20:24 | |
| A new era for US soccer. | |
| Hello everyone and welcome to this international friendly between the USMNT and Serbia and Bruce Arena’s first match in charge since replacing Jurgen Klinsmann last November. The squad enter their first competitive fixture since losing 2-1 to Mexico at home and 4-0 at against Costa Rica in San Jose so in many ways this will feel more than just a friendly for the red, white and blue as a desire to write a new page is surely in every player’s mind. | |
| Arena, however, knows that today’s match is not a barometer for tactical excellence but rather the first step towards team cohesion, the learnings of his philosophy, and perhaps more importantly who fits and who doesn’t. | |
| The formation should be an interesting decision. Matthew Doyle brought up a few good points when he wrote about it last weekfor MLS’s website, including Arena’s popular Y formation (a split alternative to a flat midfield) most successfully used by his Galaxy team in 2014. | |
| Personally, I am intrigued to see how Jorge Villafaña (Santos Laguna, Liga MX) performs. The Mexican-American defender won Sueño MLS (a reality show with 2,000 participants competing for a try-out with Major League Soccer) in 2007 and ended up in Chivas USA’s U-19 squad, which is where his professional career began. Arena likes what the left-back can bring despite his lack of playing time at club level (he has only played in cup matches so far for Santos Laguan) | |
| It will also be a big occasion for Jozy Altidore who is looking for his 100th cap. If he plays, he will become only the 17th player in MNT history to earn that record and the second youngest to achieve it after Landon Donovan. | |
| Follow @JozyAltidore's career timeline leading up to his 100th cap.No. 17 also picked out his 5 favorite moments: https://t.co/ritusKkbt8 pic.twitter.com/OCSO3MN1UE | |
| Stay tuned, I’ll be back with formations. | |
| 6.12pm GMT | 6.12pm GMT |
| 18:12 | 18:12 |
| Luis will be here shortly, in the meantime here’s what Michael Bradley had to say about Donald Trump’s ban on travel from a variety of Muslim majority countries: | Luis will be here shortly, in the meantime here’s what Michael Bradley had to say about Donald Trump’s ban on travel from a variety of Muslim majority countries: |
| “A few hours ago ago I gave an interview to Grant Wahl. After 15 minutes of an interview that was centered around soccer and our national team, he asked me my thoughts on President Trump’s ban on Muslims ... I gave an answer where I tried to make it clear that while I understand the need for safety, the values and ideals of our country should never be sacrificed. I believe what I said, but it was too soft. | “A few hours ago ago I gave an interview to Grant Wahl. After 15 minutes of an interview that was centered around soccer and our national team, he asked me my thoughts on President Trump’s ban on Muslims ... I gave an answer where I tried to make it clear that while I understand the need for safety, the values and ideals of our country should never be sacrificed. I believe what I said, but it was too soft. |
| “The part I left out is how sad and embarrassed I am. When Trump was elected, I only hoped that ... President Trump would be different than the campaigner Trump. That the xenophobic, misogynistic and narcissistic rhetoric would be replaced with a more humble and measured approach to leading our country. I was wrong. And the Muslim ban is just the latest example of someone who couldn’t be more out of touch with our country and the right way to move forward.” | “The part I left out is how sad and embarrassed I am. When Trump was elected, I only hoped that ... President Trump would be different than the campaigner Trump. That the xenophobic, misogynistic and narcissistic rhetoric would be replaced with a more humble and measured approach to leading our country. I was wrong. And the Muslim ban is just the latest example of someone who couldn’t be more out of touch with our country and the right way to move forward.” |
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