Here and Abroad

The USMNT is out of the Copa America after their 1-0 loss to Uruguay on Monday night. The result left them in third place in Group C while Uruguay and Panama finished first and second, moving them on to the knockout round. On today’s show, we’re going to break down the match against Uruguay, the Copa America as a whole for the U.S., and discuss what’s next for the team. To help me today, I’ve invi...

On today’s show, we are going to preview the USMNT’s final group stage match of the Copa America against Uruguay on Monday night! As things stand now in Group C, Uruguay sits top of the table with 6 points, the U.S. and Panama both have 3 points but the U.S. has the better goal differential of +1 versus Panama’s -1, and then Bolivia sits bottom of the table with 0 points. To help me preview the U....

On Thursday night, The USMNT lost 2-1 to Panama in their second group stage match of the Copa America. Tim Weah received a red card in the 18th minute which meant the U.S. had to play with ten men for the remainder of the match. Folarin Balogun scored four minutes later to give the U.S. a 1-0 lead but then Panama came back and scored in the 26th and 83rd minute to win the match. On today’s show we...

The USMNT will play Panama in their second group stage match of the Copa America on Thursday evening. On today’s show, we’re going to preview that match. To help me do that, I’ve invited Chuck Booth to join the show. Chuck is a soccer writer at CBS Sports . You can follow Chuck on X at: @ChuckBoothSport Here And Abroad is produced by me, Frank Garza. You can follow me on X at: @FrankGarza007

The USMNT opened up their Copa America with a 2-0 win against Bolivia on Sunday night. Christian Pulisic scored the first goal just three minutes into the match. Folarin Balogun added the second goal just before halftime. The victory puts the U.S. at the top of Group C alongside Uruguay who beat Panama 3-1. On today’s show, we’re going to do a full breakdown of the match against Bolivia and to hel...

The Copa America has finally arrived! The tournament officially starts on Thursday when Argentina plays Canada. The U.S. will kick off their opening match against Bolivia this Sunday, June 23. On today’s show we are going to preview the USMNT versus Bolivia match and to help me do that, I’ve invited Kyle Bonn to join the show. Kyle is a writer for The Sporting News and has over a decade of experie...

The U.S. lost 5-1 in their friendly against Colombia on Saturday. It was one of the USMNT’s most humbling defeats in quite some time and on today’s show we’re going to break down the match as well as look ahead to their upcoming friendly against Brazil on Wednesday evening. To help me do that, I’ve invited Kevin Baxter to join the show. Kevin writes about soccer and hockey for the Los Angeles Time...

On today’s show, we are going to preview the USMNT’s upcoming friendlies against Colombia this Saturday, June 8 and Brazil the following Wednesday, June 12. Once these two friendlies are complete, the U.S. will only be 11 days away from it’s opening match of the Copa America! We’re getting close! To help me today, I’ve invited Larry Henry Jr  to join the show. Larry is the Managing Editor and USMN...

We are just over three weeks away from the USMNT’s opening match against Bolivia in the Copa America. And one of the biggest questions U.S. fans still have is: Who’s going to replace Sergiño Dest at right back? The U.S. still has a full training camp to figure that out including two friendlies against Colombia and Brazil. Gregg Berhalter recently announced which 27 players will be participating in...

Most of the European leagues have ended their seasons or will be ending them soon. And on today’s show, we are going to look back on the European season and discuss which Americans had the most notable performances abroad. We'll discuss our American MVP, most disappointing player, and who surprised us. To help me do that, I’ve invited Greg O'Keeffe to join the show. Greg is a senior writer...

On today’s show, we are going to discuss Americans playing in the Belgian Pro League. From my research, I counted seven Americans that currently play in the league with the most well known being USMNT center back Mark McKenzie at Genk.  To help me today, I’ve invited Joris Becq to join the show. Joris is one of the hosts of The Belgian Football Podcast . You can follow Joris on X at: @Joris_Becq H...

On today’s show, we are going to repeat an episode format we used a few months ago called 5 USMNT Questions: 5 Leagues. This is where I ask my guest 5 questions about U.S. Internationals from 5 different leagues around the world. Today, all of those leagues will be from Europe. To help me with this, I’ve invited Larry Henry Jr back to the show. Larry is the Managing Editor and USMNT Insider at SBI...

On today’s show, we are going to talk about Haji Wright and the season he’s having at Coventry City FC. He joined the club in August and has 18 goals in all competitions so far this season. Haji’s momentum with the USMNT also seems to be surging with his recent performance in the Nations League Finals where he scored 2 goals in the semifinal which earned him a start in the final. To help me talk t...

On today’s show, we are going to discuss a variety of topics involving U.S. internationals playing overseas including which of their clubs we’ll be keeping a close eye on in this final month of the European season, Sergiño Dest’s injury and how that will impact the USMNT starting lineup, and where we think the striker depth chart stands as of today. To help me do all of that, I’ve invited Ryan Tol...

On today’s show, we are going to check in on the two U.S. Internationals playing at AC Milan - Christian Pulisic and Yunus Musah. They are getting ready to take on AS Roma in the second leg of the Europa League quarterfinals and also nearing the end of their first Serie A season. To help me today, I’ve invited Alessandro Bai to join the show. Alessandro is an Italian-Brazilian freelance journalist...

Folarin Balogun is nearing the end of his first season at AS Monaco. On today’s show we’re going to discuss his performance so far versus expectations, how the team uses him, and what some of his struggles have been. To help me do that, I’ve invited Luke Entwistle to join the show. Luke is a Freelance Sports Journalist based in Nice, France. From there, he covers AS Monaco and the rest of Ligue 1....

Johnny Cardoso joined Real Betis during the winter transfer window and I’ve been amazed at how quickly he’s integrated himself into the team and become a regular starter. On today’s show, we’re going to dig into how the USMNT midfielder was able to get off to such a fast start with the club. We’ll also take a closer look at why his skillset fits in so well with the team’s style of play. To help me...

For the third consecutive time, the USMNT has won the Concacaf Nations League. After squeaking by Jamaica in the semifinal, they beat Mexico 2-0 in the Final on Sunday night. On today’s show, we’re going to break down the USMNT’s performance across the two matches and discuss what’s next for the team. To help me with that, I’ve invited Mike Woitalla to join the show. Mike is the Executive Editor o...

On today’s show, we are going to preview the Concacaf Nations League Finals. The USMNT plays Jamaica in the first semifinal this Thursday, March 21. If they win, they’ll move on to the final the following Sunday against either Panama or Mexico. To help me preview the matches, I’ve invited Larry Henry Jr back to the show. Larry is the Managing Editor and USMNT Insider at SBI Soccer . He’s also a wr...

On today’s show, we are going to focus on U.S. internationals playing in Europe’s top 5 leagues and some of the more interesting storylines around them. We'll be going through each of the top 5 leagues, one at a time, and discussing a topic involving a USMNT player or players from that league. To help me do that, I’ve invited Chuck Booth back to the show. Chuck is a soccer writer at CBS Sports...

On today’s show we are going to talk through three potential surprises that you could see when the USMNT roster for the Nations League gets announced next week. Why am I doing this? Even when the roster seems fairly predictable, Gregg Berhalter usually offers up at least one complete surprise. So I’m going to take three guesses of who an “out of nowhere” roster call up could be. I thought it would...

The USMNT will be in action again on March 21 when they take on Jamaica in the Nations League semifinals. If they win that, they’ll play in the final three days later. I’m expecting that Gregg Berhalter will announce the roster for those matches somewhere around March 13 which is only a few weeks away. On today’s show we’re going to talk through what that roster might look like and some of the key...

The MLS season kicks off on February 21 when Inter Miami takes on Real Salt Lake. Today, we’re going to do an MLS season preview of sorts but we’re specifically going to focus on MLS-based players in the USMNT player pool. To help me do that, I’ve invited Favian Renkel to join the show. Favian is a freelance soccer writer and reporter based out of San Francisco. He currently writes for 90min Footb...

On today’s show we’re going to talk about Gio Reyna and how his loan move is going so far at Nottingham Forest. To help me with that, I’ve invited Sarah Clapson to join the show. Sarah is the Nottingham Forest correspondent for NottinghamshireLive and the Nottingham Post . She has covered the Reds since 2015 and has followed the team up and down the country, as well as abroad, to report on the lat...

On today’s show, we are going to get to know more about Esmir Bajraktarevic. The 18-year-old forward for the New England Revolution made his debut for the USMNT in their recent friendly against Slovenia. He came on in the 61st minute and it didn’t take long for his play to jump off the screen at me and many others. Since then, I’ve been wanting to learn more about Esmir and to help me do that I’ve...