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USMNT .PICKED WORST TIME TO PLAY WORST GAME;

It was back to reality Monday night for the United States men’s  national soccer team, ousted unceremoniously from the FIFA  2026 World Cup by Belgium 4-1 in the knockout round of 16. To think the Americans could somehow win this showcase  event was proved to be nonsense by a team that, despite never  having lost to them in seven previous meetings (including 5-2  earlier this year), was given little chance by futbol’s  intelligensia. First, they didn’t think Belgium, always among the game’s  elites, had been playing like it. Add to that the growing  euphoria over new coach MAURICIO POCHETTINO’s  seemingly rejuvenated side, as misplaced as it might have  seemed, left USMNT in an unfamiliar role as favorite, the  people’s choice to advance to Friday's quarterfinal against  European champion Spain. Boy, were they wrong. Other than  MALIK TILLMAN’s  second free-kick goal in as many games, the Americans did  virtually...
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JONES GOES TO UTAH ... A VOTE FOR USA OVER BELGUIM

  OF ALL THINGS … starting with – STOP THE PRESSES!! – an item that has nothing to do with the ongoing FIFA World Cup … or soccer, for that matter. IN CASE YOU missed it – and apparently quite a few of us did  …  ZAC JONES , the first ... as far as we know still the only …  native born  and raised in Virginia to suit up in the National  Hockey League, agreed to a two-year contract with Utah last  week on the first day free-agent signings could be announced. The Mammoth, which finished the 2025-26 regular season 10 games over .500 then bowed in six games to eventual  Stanley Cup runnerup Las Vegas in the first round, will be  Jones’ third NHL team in as many years. The 5-11, 198-pounder, winner of the 2026 Eddie Shore Award  as the American Hockey League’s best defenseman, spent the first five years of his pro career with the New York  Rangers before signing with the Buffalo Sabres a year ago as a  free agent, spending the entir...
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