In Tuesday’s CONCACAF Nationa League Group A fixture, Canada defeated the USA in what was a historic 2-0 win. This is the first win that Canada has had over the USA in 17 matches, spanning a period of 34 years.

“This is an amazing feeling and I feel like this is a new Canada. And (I’m) looking forward to the future,” said Canadian striker Jonathan David.

Even for the veteran goalkeeper, Milan Borjan, this was a monumental occasion. “This is unbelievable. Unbelievable … We showed that we have a young team who’s going to bring new football to Canada.”

Despite only retaining 43% ball possession, the Canadians outperformed their American opponents on the attack, with nine shots on goal compared to the USA’s seven.

While they went into the half time break goalless, the Canadians managed to get the lead in the 63rd minute as Alphonso Davies tapped in from close range.

Lucas Cavallini doubled the Canadians’ lead in the 91st minute, securing the three points for Canada as well as first place in their Nations’ League group.

In their next fixture, the Canadians will be traveling to Orlando, Florida, where the Americans will be looking to exact revenge.

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After the Houston Dynamo, New York Red Bulls, and Atlanta United all bowed out of the CONCACAF Champions League, Sporting KC was the only MLS team with a chance to continue in the competition.

They kept the MLS alive in the competition, defeating Independiente de la Chorrera 3-0 on Thursday night to advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Kansas City faced an uphill climb to qualify for the next round after losing 2-1 in the first leg of the draw in Panama.

However, after a frustrating first half in which their attacks on goal constantly came up short, they broke through in the second half and advanced after scoring three goals in rapid succession.

It looked for a while that Sporting KC would come up short due to brilliant goalkeeping by Independiente keeper Jose Guerra, who saved several on-target shots until Sporting broke through in the 74th minute.

Hungarian forward Krisztian Nemeth vollied home a goal after a corner kick to give Sporting KC the goal that it needed.

The MLS side kept pushing, and got another goal after a textbook Johnny Russell assist to Roger Espinoza, putting KC up 2-0 only 7 minutes after the first goal.

Nemeth wasn’t done, however, and scored his second goal of the evening in the 86th minute to seal the team’s 3-0 victory.

Sporting will now face Monterrey in the competition’s semi-finals.

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If you are a soccer fan in the United States, then you always had one thing to look for. USMNT participated in the World Cup since 1990 and every 4 years there was a joy seeing them on the big stage. Well, that won’t be the case in 2018, when the World Cup in Russia takes place. The USMNT suffered a defeat against Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday night, which meant that they dropped to the 5th spot of the CONCACAF qualifiers and won’t participate in the World Cup or additional qualifiers.

USMNT didn’t even need to win the match against Trinidad and Tobago. In order to stay in the World Cup talks, Bruce Arena’s boys only required getting a draw. However, that proved to be extremely tough against a Trinidad and Tobago team that had nothing to play for. With 7 losses and only 1 win, Trinidad and Tobago were dead last and didn’t have a stake in the game. Still, it looked like they were more hungry for the win, scoring twice in the first half, leaving USMNT players scratching their heads. Scoring at the beginning of the second half, Christian Pulisic returned some faith in the positive result, but at the end, it was all USMNT was able to do.

This defeat, combined with the wins of Panama and Honduras, ultimately ended the hopes of Americans that they will be able to watch their national team going head to head with the soccer’s best nations. After this embarrassing performance, one thing is clear to everyone. USMNT needs big changes. Although the United States men’s national team has the best resources in the region, something went wrong. Maybe it wouldn’t be bad too take a page from the women’s national soccer team’ book. They are not just participating in the World Cup, but also have few of them won.

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In Tuesday’s CONCACAF Nationa League Group A fixture, Canada defeated the USA in what was a historic 2-0 win. This is the first win that Canada has had over the USA in 17 matches, spanning a period of 34 years.

“This is an amazing feeling and I feel like this is a new Canada. And (I’m) looking forward to the future,” said Canadian striker Jonathan David.

Even for the veteran goalkeeper, Milan Borjan, this was a monumental occasion. “This is unbelievable. Unbelievable … We showed that we have a young team who’s going to bring new football to Canada.”

Despite only retaining 43% ball possession, the Canadians outperformed their American opponents on the attack, with nine shots on goal compared to the USA’s seven.

While they went into the half time break goalless, the Canadians managed to get the lead in the 63rd minute as Alphonso Davies tapped in from close range.

Lucas Cavallini doubled the Canadians’ lead in the 91st minute, securing the three points for Canada as well as first place in their Nations’ League group.

In their next fixture, the Canadians will be traveling to Orlando, Florida, where the Americans will be looking to exact revenge.

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After the Houston Dynamo, New York Red Bulls, and Atlanta United all bowed out of the CONCACAF Champions League, Sporting KC was the only MLS team with a chance to continue in the competition.

They kept the MLS alive in the competition, defeating Independiente de la Chorrera 3-0 on Thursday night to advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Kansas City faced an uphill climb to qualify for the next round after losing 2-1 in the first leg of the draw in Panama.

However, after a frustrating first half in which their attacks on goal constantly came up short, they broke through in the second half and advanced after scoring three goals in rapid succession.

It looked for a while that Sporting KC would come up short due to brilliant goalkeeping by Independiente keeper Jose Guerra, who saved several on-target shots until Sporting broke through in the 74th minute.

Hungarian forward Krisztian Nemeth vollied home a goal after a corner kick to give Sporting KC the goal that it needed.

The MLS side kept pushing, and got another goal after a textbook Johnny Russell assist to Roger Espinoza, putting KC up 2-0 only 7 minutes after the first goal.

Nemeth wasn’t done, however, and scored his second goal of the evening in the 86th minute to seal the team’s 3-0 victory.

Sporting will now face Monterrey in the competition’s semi-finals.

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If you are a soccer fan in the United States, then you always had one thing to look for. USMNT participated in the World Cup since 1990 and every 4 years there was a joy seeing them on the big stage. Well, that won’t be the case in 2018, when the World Cup in Russia takes place. The USMNT suffered a defeat against Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday night, which meant that they dropped to the 5th spot of the CONCACAF qualifiers and won’t participate in the World Cup or additional qualifiers.

USMNT didn’t even need to win the match against Trinidad and Tobago. In order to stay in the World Cup talks, Bruce Arena’s boys only required getting a draw. However, that proved to be extremely tough against a Trinidad and Tobago team that had nothing to play for. With 7 losses and only 1 win, Trinidad and Tobago were dead last and didn’t have a stake in the game. Still, it looked like they were more hungry for the win, scoring twice in the first half, leaving USMNT players scratching their heads. Scoring at the beginning of the second half, Christian Pulisic returned some faith in the positive result, but at the end, it was all USMNT was able to do.

This defeat, combined with the wins of Panama and Honduras, ultimately ended the hopes of Americans that they will be able to watch their national team going head to head with the soccer’s best nations. After this embarrassing performance, one thing is clear to everyone. USMNT needs big changes. Although the United States men’s national team has the best resources in the region, something went wrong. Maybe it wouldn’t be bad too take a page from the women’s national soccer team’ book. They are not just participating in the World Cup, but also have few of them won.

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