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USMNT goalkeeper Matt Freese blocks out criticism ahead of World Cup opener

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By Henry Bushnell 
| The Spokesman-Review
IRVINE, Calif. — Matt Freese is aware of the history. Before he ascended to the U.S. men’s national team, like any other young goalkeeper in the United States, he was a fan of Tim Howard, of the “great goalkeeping corps” the U.S. has seemingly always had at World Cups. So how does he feel about all the questions swirling around his place as the next line? The doubts? The fears among fans that goalkeeping has gone from a longtime USMNT strength to a weak spot?
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The World Cup badly needs an American face. The USMNT must give it one | Commentary

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By Henry Bushnell 
| The Spokesman-Review
IRVINE, Calif. — The 2026 World Cup arrives in North America as a faceless behemoth. It will, by many measures, be the grandest sporting event ever: a six-week-long spectacle of soccer, culture and nationalism that will captivate the planet. It won’t be ubiquitous in the United States, because nothing ever is, but it will seize mainstream American attention. In some ways, it already has. Its problem, though, for years and still today, is that it doesn’t have an American face.
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Fox uses World Cup hydration breaks for commercials – but leaves fans missing action

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By Henry Bushnell 
| The Athletic
U.S. broadcaster Fox cut away to full-screen commercials during the hydration breaks that FIFA has introduced for the 2026 World Cup, and even missed some match action during the second half of the opener between Mexico and South Africa.
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