USA's Stars Ready to Redeem Themselves in Yet Another Tough Pre-World Cup Test
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Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta) — Walking the streets of Georgia’s stately capital on Saturday, shortly before the United States men’s national team’s World Cup warm-up against Belgium, the excitement among the home team’s fans was palpable. Under a cloudless sky, supporters of all ages wore those swanky new USA jerseys and ear-to-ear smiles. Inside "The Benz," a packed house of nearly 67,000 danced in the stands and mugged for the Jumbotron just before kickoff. Some 85 minutes later, though, the mood among the faithful that had packed the home of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons and MLS side Atlanta United had shifted completely. Down four goals to FIFA’s ninth-ranked team, entire sections of seats emptied as thousands of those same fans headed to the exits in droves before Patrick Agyemang pulled back a late consolation tally for Mauricio Pochettino’s squad. After the final whistle in the 5-2 drubbing mercifully sounded, the dejected American players struggled to explain what had just happened. But they also vowed to try and make it right, right back here on Tuesday, when a stout Portugal side comes to town for the second of the Stars-and-Stripes' two games this month. - 4 Takeaways after USA's Loss to Belgium- Color Clash? How USA-Belgium jersey combo irked players They’d better. After all, the United States' co-hosting duties (alongside Canada and Mexico) for this edition of the 48-team World Cup – the largest ever in history — is now just over two months away. "We have another opportunity against a strong team on Tuesday," U.S. headliner Christian Pulisic told FOX Sports and other outlets following Saturday’s debacle. "We want to get a good result and feel good going into the World Cup." "We'll go back over video, and we'll see what we lacked, or where we could have done better, and then prepare," said star midfielder Weston McKennie, scorer of the Americans' first goal. "We have an important game against Portugal," added winger-turned-fullback Tim Weah. "We just have
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Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta) — Walking the streets of Georgia’s stately capital on Saturday, shortly before the United States men’s national team’s World Cup warm-up against Belgium, the excitement among the home team’s fans was palpable. Under a cloudless sky, supporters of all ages wore those swanky new USA jerseys and ear-to-ear smiles. Inside "The Benz," a packed house of nearly 67,000 danced in the stands and mugged for the Jumbotron just before kickoff. Some 85 minutes later, though, the mood among the faithful that had packed the home of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons and MLS side Atlanta United had shifted completely. Down four goals to FIFA’s ninth-ranked team, entire sections of seats emptied as thousands of those same fans headed to the exits in droves before Patrick Agyemang pulled back a late consolation tally for Mauricio Pochettino’s squad. After the final whistle in the 5-2 drubbing mercifully sounded, the dejected American players struggled to explain what had just happened. But they also vowed to try and make it right, right back here on Tuesday, when a stout Portugal side comes to town for the second of the Stars-and-Stripes' two games this month. - 4 Takeaways after USA's Loss to Belgium- Color Clash? How USA-Belgium jersey combo irked players They’d better. After all, the United States' co-hosting duties (alongside Canada and Mexico) for this edition of the 48-team World Cup – the largest ever in history — is now just over two months away. "We have another opportunity against a strong team on Tuesday," U.S. headliner Christian Pulisic told FOX Sports and other outlets following Saturday’s debacle. "We want to get a good result and feel good going into the World Cup." "We'll go back over video, and we'll see what we lacked, or where we could have done better, and then prepare," said star midfielder Weston McKennie, scorer of the Americans' first goal. "We have an important game against Portugal," added winger-turned-fullback Tim Weah. "We just have
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