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While Sam Kerr edges closer towards a return and Alyssa Thompson has arrived for a club-record fee, the Blues' homegrown forward is still shining

The USMNT were woeful with and without the ball as they lost to a better organized Korea side - and improvement won't be easy

With a World Cup looming, Mauricio Pochettino and his squad are facing legitimate questions - can they answer vs Japan?

The USMNT boss swatted away criticism, says lack of World Cup qualification allows him freedom to build depth in player pool

GOAL US unpacks the main storylines from the international break and World Cup qualifying in The Euro XI

GOAL US writers analyze the USMNT's 2-0 loss to South Korea and debate whether Pochettino's side can rally against Japan

The midfielder claims to have ambitions of playing at the 2026 World Cup, but those seem wildly unrealistic at this point

With a World Cup looming and losses piling up, those on the outside are finding it difficult to trust Pochettino's process

The calamitous Cameroonian is set to depart for Turkey this week, and there won't be a single United fan who is sad to see the back of him

The attacker is now a global superstar, but fitness issues have prevented him from building on his exploits at Euro 2024

The Arsenal man grabbed three goals as the reigning European champions stormed to a comprehensive win in Konya.

Les Rouges may have endured a dismal Gold Cup campaign, but they have started their World Cup run up in fine fashion

Manchester United's swashbuckling attack will have put their Women's Super League title rivals on alert after thrashing Leicester City.

The Three Lions made hard work seeing off Andorra and the coach was fooling no one when claiming to be satisfied with what he saw.

Since taking charge of the USMNT, Pochettino doesn't yet have a signature win - and South Korea delivered another signature loss

With a chance to seize momentum, the USMNT's performance indicated such momentum is further away than ever

Roberto Martinez's side kicked-off their World Cup qualifying campaign in style on an emotional evening

An own goal and a Declan Rice header kept the Euro 2024 finalists on track for qualification, but the team lacked inspiration at Villa Park

The Canada international showed just why the north London side forked out £1 million for her services this summer with an outstanding Emirates bow

The wide man has been denied the switch most assumed he would get, and has fallen out of the picture for the Selecao

Thomas Tuchel has raised eyebrows by recalling a player that hadn't been a part of the Three Lions set-up since 2018

Khadija Shaw, Vivianne Miedema and Yui Hasegawa all showed real attacking threat during Manchester City's narrow defeat by an impressive Chelsea.

The Lionesses striker got the nod up top ahead of Catarina Macario and she took her opportunity, kickstarting a big win for the Blues.

Mauricio Pochettino says this will be the final camp for experimentation before the USMNT turn towards the World Cup

The USMNT star might be the best talent in his federation, but there are plenty of other names waiting to burst onto the scene

EXCLUSIVE: As the USMNT prepare for a crucial run, the defender tells GOAL he expects to be a pillar - just as he once was

From Alex Morgan to Tobin Heath, Sam Mewis to Christen Press and Tobin Heath to Carli Lloyd, GOAL judges the Americans to have played in England

A WSL debut awaits the 19-year-old, who has made her Netherlands bow, completed a record move from PSV and played at Euro 2025 in the last 12 months

As the top women's leagues prepare to kick off for the 2025-26 season, GOAL reflects on a crazy summer of record-breaking spending