Mauricio Pochettino’s United States side rode a barnstorming first half to victory over Jamaica on Monday in St. Louis, earning a spot in the Concacaf Nations League semifinals next year.
Injuries are commonplace in sports, especially soccer, but have some teams endured more than others this season, and has that denied us a genuine title race?
This Spain team is very different from the one that romped to victory at Euro 2012, but they had a rock-solid identity and plan fostered by an unheralded manager who’d coached them all the way up the ladder.