Gregg Berhalter made the grand proclamation at his very first meeting with the U.S. men’s national team. “We’re on a mission together,” he told two dozen players, some of whom he’ll take to the World Cup this fall. “What we’re looking to do,” he said on that tranquil day in January 2019, “is change the way the world views American soccer.” He was, at the time, the freshly-minted head coach of a program reeling. Stateside approval ratings had hit 21st-century lows. Worldwide… Source link
Read More »Jessie Diggins wins USA’s final medal
BEIJING — Jessie Diggins brought home the United States’ 25th and final medal of the 2022 Olympic Games, winning silver in the grueling 30km mass start cross-country race while fighting off both exhaustion and the after-effects of food poisoning. “That might have been the best race of my entire life, I’m not going to lie,” she said after collapsing at the finish. “It was also maybe the hardest race of my whole life.” The final event in the Games’ Zhangjiakou mountain cluster, the… Source link
Read More »Kevin Durant unfazed by Team USA’s slow start
LAS VEGAS — Team USA men’s basketball has been a subject of scrutiny for the last five days with the basketball community expressing its enormous disappointment in the team getting off to an unprecedented 0-2 exhibition start ahead of the Olympics in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Kevin Durant, the face of Team USA, is just chilling in his hotel suite at Aria Resort & Casino. “I’m doing fine, myself,” Durant told Yahoo Sports. “I haven’t really left my room with the health and safety… Source link
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