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Friendly Location: Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas Attendance: 18,188 Date: September 5, 2020 Kellyn Acosta shines against Egypt from his midfield position. This was a very dominant performance against a weak Egypt side. The Pharaohs were without their three biggest stars in Mohammed...

Two Injury Replacements Called In Aaron Herrera (pictured) and Sebastian Lletget called in for the match against Egypt. September 2, 2020

Friendly Location: Subaru Park, Chester, Pennsylvania Attendance: 18,500 Date: September 2, 2020 Valencia's Yunus Musah makes his United States senior team debut. Although it was far from convincing, the U.S. came away with a 2-1 win under new head coach, Thomas Buckingham. The...

Buckingham's First 23-Man Roster Announced August 27, 2020 Just four days after taking over as the head coach, Buckingham has announced his first roster. On paper, as the 20th best nation in the world according to the FIFA ranking, the U.S. are expected to win both these matches. Buckingham...

Nation Overlook: Strikers Well, World Cup qualifying is about one year away. The idea will be to keep the player pool somewhat small as we don’t have a lot of time to find out who the top talents are. Before we get started I think it would be fun to give everyone a quick little overview of who...

Nation Overlook: Wingers Well, World Cup qualifying is about one year away. The idea will be to keep the player pool somewhat small as we don’t have a lot of time to find out who the top talents are. Before we get started I think it would be fun to give everyone a quick little overview of who...

Nation Overlook: Central Midfielders Well, World Cup qualifying is about one year away. The idea will be to keep the player pool somewhat small as we don’t have a lot of time to find out who the top talents are. Before we get started I think it would be fun to give everyone a quick little...

Nation Overlook: Full Backs Well, World Cup qualifying is about one year away. The idea will be to keep the player pool somewhat small as we don’t have a lot of time to find out who the top talents are. Before we get started I think it would be fun to give everyone a quick little overview of...

Nation Overlook: Center Backs Well, World Cup qualifying is about one year away. The idea will be to keep the player pool somewhat small as we don’t have a lot of time to find out who the top talents are. Before we get started I think it would be fun to give everyone a quick little overview of...

Nation Overlook: Goalkeepers Well, World Cup qualifying is about one year away. The idea will be to keep the player pool somewhat small as we don’t have a lot of time to find out who the top talents are. Before we get started I think it would be fun to give everyone a quick little overview of...

New U.S. National Team Coach Announced August 24, 2020 With all the young talent coming out of the United States, the national team has decided to name a young 31-year-old, Thomas Buckingham, their newest head coach. There was a lot of negativity surrounding the national team after they...

Journal Entry 10: November 25, 2020 First Day On When I arrived at the stadium there was a young man who welcomed me in and led me to the club President’s office. Nicky Davidson stood up to shake my hand before we sat to discuss a variety of topics. The club currently sits in 10th place in a...

Journal Entry 9: November 25, 2020 A New Home After applying for somewhere near 30-40 jobs in Scandinavia I only managed two interviews and no offers. Once opportunities opened up in the rest of Europe, it didn’t take long to land my second job as a head coach. After the flight from Finland...

Journal Entry 8: November 1, 2020 The Search Continues It’s been a little over a month and the search for a second managerial job continues. It seems the only job openings are still coming exclusively out of the Scandinavian leagues. With that, I’ve thrown my hat in the ring for at least 20...

Journal Entry 7: September 20, 2020 Unemployed Ykkonen League Matchday 17 September 13, 2020 We did lose 3-0 and I have no argument against us deserving the defeat. However, we did offer a fair amount going forward. ST Rudi Dieter missed a golden chance in the opening three minutes when he...