The USMNT’s long, four-game international window finally comes to an end on Tuesday, when they travel to El Salvador in their second CONCACAF Nations League group-stage game, looking to avoid falling into the same trap as nine months ago.
The United States ran rampant against Grenada in Austin on Friday night, with the FC Dallas pair of Jesús Ferreira and Paul Arriola accounting for five goals as they began their defense of the CONCACAF Nations League title.
The United States begins its defense of the CONCACAF Nations League crown when it hosts Grenada on Friday night in Austin, in the first of their four group-stage games.
The United States men’s national team is headed back to the World Cup, but before they go to Qatar, they have some business to handle in CONCACAF as the Nations League draw saw them placed with El Salvador and Grenada in League A Group D.
In comments made over the weekend, USMNT and Juventus star midfielder Weston McKennie directly confirmed that an April return to the field for the Italian giants is his current target.
Regardless of the players that Gregg Berhalter selects on Thursday when the USMNT hosts El Salvador, there will be one debutant in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying: Video Assistant Refereeing, better known as VAR.
With all of the meaningful games behind us, let’s look back (complete with highlight videos) at some of the highs and lows over an eventful 2021 for Gregg Berhalter’s American squad.
