Happy Friday, everybody! Although the club soccer calendar is paused for the final international break of 2024, the slog does not stop with U.S. Men's National Team action in the CONCACAF Nations League as well as its UEFA counterpart and the craziness of the CONMEBOL zone's FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifiers.

The 1-0 win in Jamaica will not live long in the memory, but it gave the U.S. the advantage in the two-legged Concacaf Nations League quarterfinal.

The U.S. men’s national team topped Jamaica on Thursday in the first leg of their home-and-home, total-goals-wins Concacaf Nations League quarterfinal series.

Despite leaving Independence Park with the victory, the USMNT failed to impress against Jamaica in the first leg of the Concacaf Nations League quarterfinals. After failing to score against Mexico in its previous outing,