Even the most confident United States men's national team wouldn't have predicted Friday's World Cup-opening joyride past Paraguay.

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Newcastle United are slumping with a stale attack and a too-open defense. Eddie Howe is still young and he's brought the club silverware, but is he in a rut or a crevasse?

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Cole Palmer was set to return to Chelsea for their 7:30am ET visit to Burnley at Turf Moor on Saturday but the 23-year-old's house had other ideas.

Cardoso or Roldan? Pepi or Agyemang? Scally or Trusty? McKennie or Berhalter? Mauricio Pochettino is going to have a lot of trouble choosing who makes the cut in his squad for the 2026 World Cup.

There's a home World Cup coming up in nine months, the talent in the pool is arguably as good as ever, and the USMNT's hope tank feels pretty low right now, doesn't it?