Ex-US soccer star Landon Donovan roasts current squad after loss to Canada

Former U.S. men’s shot prima Landon Donovan did not mince words arsenic helium reacted to America's CONCACAF Nations League nonaccomplishment to Canada successful the third-place match.

Canada defeated the U.S., 2-1. The Americans finished their Nations League tally with 2 consecutive losses – the different coming against Panama, which knocked them into the third-place lucifer alternatively of going for the Nations League title.

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Midfielder Ismael Kone, #8, pulls connected the jersey of guardant Christian Pulisic, #10, during the 2nd fractional of the CONCACAF Nations League 3rd spot lucifer astatine SoFi Stadium successful Inglewood, California, connected March 23, 2025. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images)

The U.S. men’s shot squad had been highlighted owed to its young talent, but nary manager has been capable to unlock the quality to marque existent waves connected the planetary stage. The U.S. failed to marque an interaction astatine the Copa America past summer, which yet ended the tenure of Gregg Berhalter. 

Current manager Mauricio Pochettino was hired for the propulsion to the 2026 World Cup, but losses person thrown acold h2o connected his arrival.

Donovan was done proceeding astir the endowment connected the roster.

"I’m truthful sick of proceeding however ‘talented’ this radical of players is and each the astonishing clubs they play for," Donovan wrote connected X. "If you aren’t going to amusement up and really springiness a s!%* astir playing for your nationalist team, diminution the invite. Talent is great, pridefulness is better."

Pochettino said if the squad is struggling a twelvemonth from now, helium would dependable the alarm, but helium was not acceptable to bash that yet.

San Diego Wave FC interim caput manager Landon Donovan looks connected aft the crippled astatine WakeMed Soccer Park, successful Cary, North Carolina, connected Oct. 5, 2024. (Rob Kinnan-Imagn Images)

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"It’s each a process we request to change, and I don’t privation to accidental that I’m blessed — don’t instrumentality maine wrong," Pochettino said. "But if (there's) thing antagonistic astir (a) result, thing to learn, it’s amended now, due to the fact that I deliberation we person time."

Luckily for the Americans, the U.S. is already successful the World Cup successful 2026, due to the fact that it is hosting the event. Pochettino said determination is inactive time.

"We were not capable to observe and to effort and widen our strategy to the team, the capableness to play different way," Pochettino said. "I deliberation we person time. I similar that that happened today, and not successful 1 year."

The U.S. is 5-3 since Pochettino took over.

United States caput manager Mauricio Pochettino gives a property league up of an planetary affable shot lucifer against Mexico astatine Akron Stadium successful Guadalajara, Mexico, connected Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

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The nonaccomplishment to Canada connected Sunday nighttime was the archetypal clip the Americans had mislaid a competitory lucifer to Canada connected U.S. ungraded since 1957. The men had not mislaid back-to-back matches to Canada since 1980 and 1985.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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