The United States men’s national team faces a severe injury bug among the team’s strikers with the Concacaf Nations League semifinal and potential final just three weeks away. The USMNT striker injuries give head coach Mauricio Pochettino a daunting conundrum.
Here’s a list of U.S. strikers out with injury heading into March.
USMNT striker injuries
United States men’s national and Fulham star left back gave his two cents on the impact of Twitter (now called X) and his feelings on the way algorithms and social media influence people.
Appearing on former England goalkeeper Ben Foster’s podcast “Fozcast”, Robinson was asked his thoughts on the current climate of social media.
The United States U-17 squad set a ridiculous record of 22 goals scored in a single match against the U.S. Virgin Islands in a 22-0 victory on Monday in Concacaf U-17 men's World Cup qualifiers.
The American youngsters had already broke the record for most goals in an Concacaf tournament (youth or senior) in the first half with 14 GOALS. Columbus Crew 2 forward Chase Adams scored seven of the 10 first half goals.
Adams’ first half goals came in the eighth, ninth, 13th, 19th, 31st, 33rd and 38th minutes to pour on the misery.
Imagine this: it's July 4th, 2026, the 250th anniversary of the United States' independence, and the U.S. men's national team is playing a World Cup match on their home turf. Celebrating the nation's birthday than with a thrilling game of soccer, fireworks, barbecues, and the USMNT smashing it on the world’s biggest stage – what could be more American than that?
El Tren just ran over Liverpool.
U.S. men's national team's Ricardo Pepi started for PSV Eindhoven in their final UEFA Champions League league phase bout against none other than tournament-leaders Liverpool, with the American striker coming up huge for the Dutch club with a crucial turnaround goal.
The 22-year-old attacker found a perfect cross to first post, slightly deflecting the ball into the back of the net to make it 3-2 and seal the Eredivisie club's victory.
Ricardo Pepi goal vs. Liverpool
Get ready to see more of Diego Luna, USMNT fans.
U.S. men's national team player, Diego Luna, faced an early setback during the January camp match against Costa Rica on Wednesday, with the attacker suffering a gruesome injury when a Costa Rican defender inadvertently elbowed him in the face, resulting in a broken nose.
United States men’s national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino will be pleased with his team’s 3-0 victory vs. Costa Rica on Wednesday. He might however be disappointed with his digestive system as he missed the USA’s second goal while back in the locker room.
We can’t confirm what he was doing not on the sidelines. Judging from his jogging form going back to the locker room, we have a pretty solid guess as to what was happening.
In the 77th minute Poch was spotted on camera doing a hasty jog to the facilities.
The United States men’s national team defeated Venezuela 3-1 in a friendly at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Flordia, on Saturday with several players impressing for the Stars and Stripes.
Saturday’s friendly was outside of the traditional FIFA international windows meaning big name players like Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie and others weren’t available. Many USMNT fans dislike the annual January friendly the team does and refers to it as “Camp Cupcake.”
All players on the roster are domestic-based and play in Major League Soccer.
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10. Chris Richards
Christian Pulisic is having an incredible return from injury for AC Milan, now showing up for the Italian giant in the Supercoppa Final.
After going down 2-0 against Inter Milan in Saudi Arabia, Pulisic helped seal the comeback against their rivals with a superb control and finish inside the box to beat Yan Sommer to the bottom corner.
Watch: Christian Pulisic goal vs. Inter Milan | Supercoppa Italiana Final
A weak-footed strike to make it two goals in his last two games back from an injured hiatus.