Where does the US go from here? IWF spoke to USMNT legend Eric Wynalda

March 24 – Former United States International Eric Wynalda played for his country 106 times. He also played in three World Cups, becoming the first American to be sent off in 1990, and becoming the first American to score a World Cup goal on American soil against Switzerland in 1994.

After witnessing a weak, timid performances from his national team against Panama and Canada in the Concacaf Nations League, he had plenty to say about the current state of US Soccer to Nick Webster.

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Nations League 2025

Results
DateStage    VenueKick off (local)
March 23FinalPanama12MexicoSoFi Stadium, Los Angeles6.30 pm
March 23Third place play-offUSA12CanadaSoFi Stadium, Los Angeles3 pm
March 20Semi-finalCanada02MexicoSoFi Stadium, Los Angeles6.30 pm
March 20Semi-finalUSA01PanamaSoFi Stadium, Los Angeles4 pm
Nov 20, 2024QF 2nd legMexico 40Honduras
Nov 20, 2024QF 2nd legCanada20Suriname
Nov 19, 2024QF 2nd legPanama22Costa Rica
Nov 19, 2024QF 2nd legUSA42Jamaica
Nov 16, 2024QF 1st legHonduras20Mexico
Nov 15, 2024QF 1st legSuriname01Canada
Nov 15, 2024QF 1st legCosta Rica01Panama
Nov 15, 2024QF 1st legJamaica01USA

Qatar breaks silence to rebut media attacks and clarify Bin Hammam relationship

Qatar 2022

By Andrew Warshaw in Brazil
June 15 – Having seemingly finally run of patience over media allegations of corruption surrounding their World Cup bid, Qatar’s 2022 organisers have delivered their most forceful defense to date, directly linking the allegations to the timing of the ongoing investigation being conducted by FIFA’s ethics committee prosecutor Michael Garcia into the entire 2018 and 2022 process.

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Mihir Bose: Why democracy may be a problem for FIFA reform

Now you may not readily think that democracy can be a hindrance to reform. To suggest that seems absurd. Yet in the case of FIFA that is indeed the stumbling block. Democracy is undoubtedly the best way to run things but the one person, one vote idea can have pitfalls as the working of FIFA demonstrates so vividly.

I say this because hard as it is to believe FIFA, in comparison with many other organisations including the United Nations,

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Pyrrhic suspension? Garcia shows der Kaiser who’s king

Franz Beckenbauer

By Andrew Warshaw in Brazil
June 14 – While world champions Spain suffered one of their worst ever humiliations on the pitch in recent memory after being thrashed 5-1 by Holland today, off the pitch embarrassment of a different kind was heaped on Franz Beckenbauer, the best-known figure in the history of German football, when he was banned for 90 days for breaking FIFA’s Code of Ethics.

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