USMNT lines up heavyweight World Cup dress rehearsal

The United States volition walk its last months earlier the World Cup investigating itself against immoderate of the biggest names successful planetary soccer. On March 28, the USMNT hosts Belgium astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium successful Atlanta, past stays successful the aforesaid gathering 3 days aboriginal for a clash with Portugal. Those games volition autumn successful the past planetary model earlier manager Mauricio Pochettino settles connected his WC squad successful precocious May.

"For us, this is simply a monolithic accidental to situation ourselves against immoderate of the apical teams successful the world. These are unthinkable matches for the players and for the fans," USMNT caput manager Mauricio Pochettino said. "We are truthful blessed to beryllium playing successful our caller location of Atlanta, and of people to beryllium competing successful the large cities of Charlotte and Chicago up of the WC."

Belgium comes successful arsenic a acquainted nemesis, having knocked the U.S. retired successful the 2014 WC, portion Portugal and Germany transportation decades of tourney pedigree and planetary stars specified arsenic Cristiano Ronaldo and Jamal Musiala. For a squad that inactive measures itself against the established giants, these dates volition accidental a batch astir wherever it truly stands.

Coast-to-coast build-up for fans and players

After Atlanta, the squad heads to Charlotte connected May 31 to look an hostile that volition beryllium chosen erstwhile the WC gully is completed successful Washington, D.C. That lucifer volition debar immoderate federation that lands successful the Americans’ group, preserving the constituent of astonishment for the tourney itself.

The last warm-up arrives connected June 6 successful Chicago, wherever the U.S. takes connected four-time satellite champion Germany. By then, fans should person a wide representation of the spine of Pochettino’s broadside and however it copes with sustained pressure.

The World Cup travel begins successful Inglewood, California, connected June 12, continues successful Seattle a week later, and returns to Inglewood connected June 25. By that point, the worth of this demanding affable docket volition beryllium intolerable to ignore.