A camp of struggle and uncertainty for the USMNT | Thursday Round-UP There were *some* things to like from the US, but by-and-large the past two games were pretty damn humbling
Three Things: The good vibes are gone as USMNT catch a beating from Portugal Poch messed around with the tactics and formation, and nothing good came out of it as the US were outclassed once again
Three Things: After a half of optimism, USMNT get a painful lesson from Belgium Mauricio Pochettino tossed the dice on a new (old) tactical approach and, after a halftime adjustment, Belgium forced the US to pay the price
Charlotte aim to be Sounders-East & more | Thursday Round-Up CSO Zoran Krneta sat down with Backheeled's Joe Lowery and plotted a course, plus some reading recs from around US (and Canadian) soccer
USMNT: Three Things I'm Watching in the Belgium & Portugal friendlies Poch has finally got his core group – shhh! – together and it's time to see how they adapt to his new tactical approach
Power Rankings, 1-30 | Matchday 5 The underlying numbers warned us about the Quakes' rise and FC Cincy's demise, plus a Rapids team whose improvement I'm buying
FC Dallas show control in chaos, Rapids run through Sporting & more from MLS | Matchday 5 Miami head back to the well, CCC teams struggle with the workload and warning sirens are starting to blare for Cincy