Copa America

Sergino Dest is expected to miss the USMNT’s Copa America campaign this summer with a knee injury that could see him sidelined for up to nine months. The 23-year-old right-back suffered the set-back on Saturday in training with loan club PSV Eindhoven, where he has been an influential performer this season. Dest, who has 33 senior caps for the U.S. and two goals, has been on loan at the Eredivisie club from Barcelona, where he is contracted until June 2025. The USMNT begin their Copa America group stage on June 23 against Bolivia. Dest has made 37 appearances for PSV, who lead the Dutch top...

The Israel Football Association (IFA) has signed a new agreement with CONMEBOL which they “very much hope” will enable the Israel national team to take part in future editions of the Copa America. CONMEBOL is the confederation responsible for the organisation and governance of South American football’s major tournaments, including the Copa America and the Copa Libertadores, which pits the continent’s best clubs against each other. The IFA announced on Thursday they were “proud to join the magnificent CONMEBOL family”, whose members include reigning World Cup...

FIFA president Gianni Infantino addressed MLS owners at the league’s Board of Governors meeting this week, becoming the first FIFA president to attend a board meeting since MLS’s founding in 1996. “I was very happy for the first time that the FIFA president comes to an MLS meeting of this nature,” Infantino said. “We have great events coming up here in North America with the new Club World Cup next year, the World Cup in ‘26, so a lot of promotion for soccer, or football as we call it.” The MLS Board of Governors consists of a representative from ownership of each of...

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Our weekly round up of the USMNT emigres' contribution in Europe sees contrasting fortunes for Josh Sargent and rare defeat for Sergino Dest

Manchester City have agreed the terms of Sullivan's signing from the Philadelphia Union

The 21-year-old has played just 39 minutes for the Premier League club since joining in January — hardly ideal preparation for Copa America

Tottenham Hotspur and Brazil forward Richarlison has opened up on his depression following the 2022 World Cup, saying he “wanted to give up”. Richarlison, 26, was Brazil’s leading scorer in the tournament with three goals in four appearances as his nation were eliminated by Croatia at the quarter-final stage. In an emotional interview with ESPN Brasil, Richarlison said that he told his father he wanted to “give up” after struggling to motivate himself to leave his room and attend training sessions, with the World Cup exit feeling “worse than losing a family...

In his first run-out at his future home, the teenager found the net for Brazil. His name is likely to be chanted in Madrid for years to come

Having both players fit enough to play 90 minutes will be important for the U.S. in the Copa America this summer

Nations League titles in 2021 and 2023 were markers for a young U.S. team. This year's feels like a stop on the way to something bigger

The U.S. national team are Nations League champions again – here's how it happened.

There are improvements that need to be made, but a new mentality is taking hold for this Canada team

The positives and negatives from a less than convincing Canada performance to win a Copa America place

Rodriguez was the golden boy of the 2014 World Cup but, at 32, his cameo at the London stadium was a reminder that his influence persists