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USMNT left back Robinson praises impending Pochettino hire

The ex-Chelsea boss is closing in on taking over the USMNT

Mauricio Pochettino may not officially be U.S. men’s national team head coach yet, but one of the team’s key players is already praising his arrival.

Multiple reports this week have said that Pochettino and U.S. Soccer have reached an agreement for the Argentine to take over the USMNT. The hire will be made official when the final details between the coach and his former club Chelsea are ironed out.

In the meantime, Robinson became the first USMNT player to react to the hire, as NBC Sports quizzed him following Fulham’s season-opening loss to Manchester United on Friday.

“Good,” Robinson said when asked about his reaction to the former Chelsea, Tottenham and PSG coach taking over for Gregg Berhalter.

“He’s a very good manager, so I’ll be interested to see obviously how he comes in, how he gets used to the boys, how we get used to him.

“It’s a fresh start now, obviously eyes are going to be on the World Cup and he’s got two years to get the best out of us that we can and we gotta give it everything for him, so that he can be successful with us.”

The USMNT will face Canada and New Zealand in a pair of friendlies on September 7 and 10, with the team expected to use an interim manager for the games. Pochettino could make his debut as U.S. boss during the October international window.

Watch Robinson react to Pochettino hire

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How to watch Manchester United vs. Fulham: Live stream Premier League, TV channel

Everything you need to know to watch Manchester United take on Fulham in the first English Premier League match of the season.

The 2024-25 English Premier League season begins on Friday when Manchester United plays host to Fulham.

Man U is looking to bounce back from a disappointing 2023-24 campaign that saw the team end eighth in the EPL table, the team’s lowest finish since it placed 13th back in the 1989-90 Football League First Division campaign. That’s right–the team is coming off its worst season since before the debut of the Premier League.

As for Fulham, the team placed 13th last season, scoring 47 points over the course of the season. The team has bounced between the Premier League and the Championship in recent years, but this season marks the third consecutive top flight campaign for the team. It hasn’t had a run that long since it was relegated after the 2013-14 season, which ended a 13-year run in the Premier League.

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How to Watch Manchester United vs Fulham

Date: Friday, Aug. 16, 2024

Time: 2:00 p.m. ET

TV Channel: USA Network (Watch FREE with Fubo)

Stream: Fubo

Historically, Manchester United has been dominant against Fulham, with 24 wins in 34 meetings at the Premier League level.

However, Fulham won 2-1 when these teams last met in February. A win on Friday for Fulham would give it consecutive away victories against Man U for the first time ever.

Manchester United is coming off a loss on penalty kicks to Manchester City in the FA Community Shield final while Fulham is coming off of a 2-0 friendly victory over German Bundesliga side Hoffenheim.

What time is Man U vs Fulham?

This match takes place on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. ET.

What channel is this Premier League match on?

Watch the Manchester United vs Fulham match on USA Network. Watch live on Fubo with a free trial.

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Ream: Charlotte FC move shouldn’t knock me out of USMNT picture

The center back has returned to MLS 12 years after he initially departed the league

Tim Ream believes that his recent move to Charlotte FC should not mean his U.S. men’s national team career is in jeopardy.

The veteran defender signed with the MLS side last week, ending a nine-year stint with Fulham.

Ream has become a vital part of the USMNT during the latter portion of his career, as a renaissance at Fulham over the past two seasons led to him starting every game at the 2022 World Cup and the 2024 Copa América.

But a move back to MLS may be detrimental to his USMNT future, with former coach Gregg Berhalter mostly phasing out players from the North American top flight in recent years.

Of the 26 players on Berhalter’s Copa América roster this summer, only three were based in MLS.

Though Berhalter is gone, the USMNT is likely to remain heavily Europe-based under his successor.

Ream spoke to the media on Tuesday and declared his intention to remain part of the USMNT player pool under whichever coach comes in to replace Berhalter.

“I think there is no reason that I should not be [considered],” Ream said. “I understand that playing is an important part of that. I’m not going to take myself out of the hat just because people want me to or people think I’m too old. I don’t see the point of that.

“Like I said before, it’s a matter of just continuing to put my head down [and work], and if I get picked, I get picked. If I don’t, I don’t. It’s one of those things that partially under my control and partially not.”

Ream, who turns 37 in October, is looking to regain a regular role at his club after losing his starting spot at Fulham in the second half of last season. Still, Ream said that the Premier League club wanted him to stay for the upcoming season.

“The day after the season finished, I sat down with Marco [Silva, head coach] and we had a good chat,” Ream said. “They wanted me to stay. They tried to push me to stay and really think about it. But, it’s not so much that if I get something in my head that I go for it, but I really think through things.

“We had really thought through this whole move. For us, personally, as a family, it was the right thing to do. It was time to move on.”

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Fulham names Antonee Robinson 2023-24 Player of the Season

Robinson had a career year, and Fulham fans recognized the USMNT left back’s contributions

Antonee Robinson is heading into the Copa América on the back of some significant praise.

The U.S. men’s national team defender was on Thursday named Fulham’s Player of the Season for the 2023-24 Premier League campaign.

Robinson appeared in 37 of Fulham’s 38 league matches this season, putting up a career-best seven assists. Robinson played the full 90 minutes in 18 of Fulham’s final 19 games, playing 1,698 consecutive minutes before being substituted in the 78th minute of the Cottagers’ final contest of the season.

Per WhoScored, Robinson lead all Premier League players with 80 interceptions (15 more than any other player), and was seventh in the entire division with 93 successful tackles this season.

Robinson’s success has sparked some discussion as to whether he might be a transfer target for bigger clubs. For his part, Robinson — after being named to WhoScored’s Team of the Year for 2023 — had a self-deprecating response to praise, posting a clown meme directed at himself to Instagram.

On Thursday, Fulham posted a video from Robinson thanking fans for voting for him.

“I just wanted to send a quick message to say thank you so much to those of you who voted me as your Player of the season,” said Robinson. “Coming off the back of a year where so many of the lads had such strong seasons — it could have been anyone — it makes it that much more special for you to pick me.”

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Reports: Charlotte FC closing in on USMNT defender Ream

After over a decade in England, Ream may be eyeing a move back to MLS

Tim Ream’s European adventure may be coming to a close.

The U.S. men’s national team center back could be on the brink of a transfer to MLS, with Top Bin 90 and The Athletic both reporting that Charlotte FC is close to finalizing a move for the 36-year-old.

Tuesday’s reports say that Ream — who back in December signed a Fulham contract extension running through the 2024-25 season — may be open to the move.

There’s good reason for that: In his final press conference of the just-concluded season, Fulham manager Marco Silva said that he’d like to sign two new center backs. Ream, meanwhile, fell out of favor not long after signing that extension.

The veteran was an unused substitute in both legs of Fulham’s Carabao Cup semifinal against Liverpool — arguably the biggest matches of the campaign — and did not appear for the Cottagers from February 17 until a season-ending 4-2 win over Luton Town.

Ream has had rare longevity at Fulham

Should Ream opt to leave Fulham, it would mark the end of one of the longest tenures at one club for any USMNT player in Europe. After three-and-a-half years at Bolton, Ream moved to Fulham in 2015, and has spent the last nine seasons at Craven Cottage.

The USMNT center back has 312 appearances for Fulham, sticking around through the promotion/relegation yo-yo cycle that saw the club move up or down the pyramid five times since his arrival.

A move to Charlotte FC would bolster a defense that is already among the best in MLS. Charlotte has conceded just 18 goals, good enough for fourth-best in the league at the moment. Head coach Dean Smith coached against Ream during his spells at Brentford, Aston Villa, and Leicester City.

Ream remains in the picture for the USMNT, with Gregg Berhalter naming him to the U.S. squad for June friendlies against Colombia and Brazil.

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USMNT defender Robinson addresses transfer rumors after outstanding Fulham campaign

It sounds like Robinson is happy to carry on at Craven Cottage

Antonee Robinson’s excellent season at Fulham may have sparked interest from other clubs, but the U.S. men’s national team left back doesn’t sound like he’s pushing to make a move.

In an interview with The Athletic, Robinson looked back on a campaign in which he was arguably the best player at Craven Cottage.

That success, paired with his increased importance to the USMNT, has set the rumor mill spinning as the 2023-24 Premier League season reached its conclusion.

However, Robinson just completed the first season of a five-year deal with Fulham, and the 26-year-old isn’t exactly agitating to leave the Cottagers.

“I want to keep on developing. I’m very settled here, I love the club. It wasn’t a difficult decision to sign,” said Robinson. “I signed the deal because I was very happy at Fulham.”

Chelsea, Liverpool, and AC Milan are some of the biggest names linked with the left back after a campaign that saw him compared favorably to the top players at his position in the Premier League.

Robinson didn’t come out and tell those suitors to leave him alone, but it seems clear that his first thoughts remain with Fulham.

“Interest from other [teams] is great,” explained Robinson. “Obviously it comes down to, if someone wanted me enough to pay what Fulham would want, and if Fulham saw that as a good idea, then I’d leave.

“But until that happens, and I have no idea if it would, I’m just looking forward to the Copa [América] and then starting next year with Fulham, pushing on, and trying to help the team get to even better finishing spots.”

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Which Premier League teams are owned by Americans?

Half of the Premier League’s 20 teams are now under majority American ownership. 

With the news of Everton’s takeover by U.S. private equity firm 777 Partners, the influence of American owners in the Premier League has never been higher.

When that deal goes through, it will mean that exactly half of the Premier League’s 20 teams are under American ownership. That includes four of the league’s biggest teams: Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool.

The English top flight has become an attractive investment for prospective owners as the league’s revenue from broadcast deals continues to skyrocket.

Here, we have listed all 10 Premier League clubs currently under American ownership. Some of the clubs include multiple owners/investors, so the American owners are italicized in those cases.

Palhinha flies to Munich, has medical, watches Bayern move disintegrate

Palhinha has become the transfer deadline day’s tragic figure

João Palhinha has become the transfer deadline day’s tragic figure, as his move from Fulham to Bayern Munich collapsed as he watched on helplessly from Bayern’s training facility.

Fulham had allowed the Portuguese midfielder to fly to Munich after reportedly agreeing to a fee in the region of €65 million with the German champions.

Though Palhinha arrived in Munich, the transfer was not completely sealed. Fulham was still reportedly searching for the 28-year-old’s replacement, which was a necessity for the Premier League club to allow one of its key players to depart.

Though the likes of Scott McTominay and Pierre-Emile Højbjerg were linked to the Cottagers, no deal went through prior to the 6 p.m. transfer deadline in Germany.

And so Palhinha — having already completed a medical and even taken photos with a Bayern shirt — saw his deadline-day move collapse in heartbreaking fashion.

It was a frustrating conclusion to a fruitless deadline day for Bayern, which also saw rumored moves for Armel Bella-Kotchap, Trevoh Chalobah and João Cancelo fall through.

But it was Palhinha’s collapsed deal which will hurt the most, as the Portugal international joins Peter Odemwingie in the annals of failed deadline-day transfers.

The Americans Abroad Five season review: The best and worst of 2022-23

Some teams were fun, some very much weren’t. Some players broke out, while others broke down

With the European club season in the rear-view mirror, it’s time to take stock of the year that was for Americans Abroad.

In many ways, 2022-23 felt like a preamble, a precursor to a much more significant club season to come. For the future of the U.S. men’s national team, what comes next will be more significant than what came before.

That’s because so many vital USMNT players are unsettled due to the nature of their 2022-23 campaign — some are ready to move up the food chain due to standout seasons, while others need a change of scenery for less positive reasons.

Before we turn the page to next season, let’s take a look back by handing out a few accolades for some notable Americans Abroad.

Manchester United vs. Fulham: How to watch, channel, time, lineups, live stream Premier League

How to tune in for Manchester United’s last #EPL clash against #Fulham:

Could Manchester United be on the way toward building another historic run of football?

Locking in a Champions League position next season is a nice start, which the club did on Thursday with a 4-1 thumping of Chelsea. Locking in a third-place finish would be an even nicer touch, which is exactly what the Red Devils can do against Fulham on matchday 38.

The final day of the Premier League season sees Manchester United facing the Cottagers.

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Fulham admittedly does not have anything to play for. Their season will end with a 10th place finish regardless of Sunday’s finale. But if you’re looking for momentum heading into next season? A win at United, who have second-best home record (14-3-1) this season, is a great place to start for manager Marco Silva’s side.

Meanwhile, with a single point, Manchester United wrap up the third-place position in the EPL in 2022-23 over Newcastle United as they enter Sunday with a two-point cushion.

However, it might not be so simple. Gaffer Erik Ten Hag could be without multiple players including Antony and Luke Shaw, who picked up knocks against Chelsea.

Ahead of the final game of the season for these two sides, here’s how to catch all the action:

Manchester United vs. Fulham FC:

  • When: Sunday, May 27
  • Time: 11:30 a.m. ET
  • Location: Old Trafford (Manchester)
  • Watch: Peacock

EPL starting lineups

Manchester United possible starting lineup:
De Gea; Dalot, Maguire, Lindelof, Malacia; Fernandes, Casemiro, McTominay; Sancho, Martial, Rashford

Fulham possible starting lineup:
Leno; Tete, Adarabioyo, Diop, Robinson; Reed, Palhinha; Wilson, Cairney, Willian; Mitrovic

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English Premier League odds and betting lines

Premier League odds courtesy of Fanduel. Odds were last updated Friday at 4:00 p.m. 

Manchester United (-210) vs. Fulham (+500)

Draw: (+360)

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