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Adams will miss fifth straight Bournemouth match with back injury

It’s becoming an increasingly lost season for the USMNT captain

Tyler Adams can’t catch a break this season.

Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola has ruled out the American midfielder for a fifth consecutive game as he continues battling back spasms.

Adams will be absent on Wednesday when Bournemouth takes on Wolves, in what is becoming an increasingly lost season for the U.S. men’s national team star.

Iraola was asked on Tuesday whether Adams or Marcus Tavernier would recover from their injuries in time to face Wolves.

“We don’t lose anyone, we don’t recover anyone, so it’s going to be the same players available,” the coach replied at his pre-match press conference.

Adams remains stuck on three appearances for Bournemouth this season, having missed the opening of the season recovering from hamstring surgery back in March 2023 with Leeds.

The 25-year-old suffered an immediate setback after making his Cherries debut in September, and was forced to go back under the knife for a second surgery. Adams would return in March, making two Bournemouth appearances along with two appearances for the USMNT in the Nations League.

Iraola expanded on Adams’ current situation during a press conference ahead of last weekend’s game against Aston Villa.

“Not a bad injury and feeling pain in his muscle, but after so much time out we have to be careful with these decisions,” the coach said. “The medical department are dealing with it. I hope he will be back early but definitely not for Villa.”

After Wednesday’s game against Wolves, Bournemouth has just four matches remaining in the season.

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Bournemouth coach Iraola rules Adams out for another game

It will be the fourth straight match Adams has missed with a back injury

Tyler Adams looks set to miss a fourth consecutive match due to back spasms, according to Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola.

Adams has been held out of three straight matches due to back trouble, and Sunday’s trip to Aston Villa appears to be too soon for the U.S. men’s national team midfielder.

Iraola gave updates on several injured Cherries players at his pre-match press conference on Friday, but did not specifically mention Adams among that group.

The coach was then asked about the remainder of his injured players, to which he replied: “Some are getting closer but I don’t expect them for the Villa game, no.”

The back injury is turning into an increasingly frustrating setback for Adams, who only returned from nearly a year out last month.

Adams was sidelined after a hamstring surgery in March 2023, and had to have a second operation after suffering a setback upon his return in September.

The 25-year-old’s start against Everton on March 30 marked his first time playing a full match in over a year.

Overall, Adams has made just three appearances for Bournemouth this season. He made an emphatic return to the USMNT in the Nations League last month, scoring a memorable long-range strike against Mexico in the final.

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Bournemouth midfielder Adams misses Luton Town clash with back spasms

Adams was not in uniform for the Cherries after suffering from back issues

Just when everyone thought Tyler Adams was back, the U.S. men’s national team midfielder has — at least for now — returned to the sidelines.

Adams was not in uniform as Bournemouth took on Luton Town on Saturday, marking the second straight match for the Cherries in which the USMNT star did not play.

Following the match, Bournemouth head coach Andoni Iraola confirmed Adams had been suffering from back spasms throughout the week.

Bournemouth would go on to lose 2-1 at Kenilworth Road after the Hatters staged a late comeback.

Adams was in uniform but did not appear in Tuesday’s 1-0 win over Crystal Palace. That match came three days after Adams stood out in a 2-1 win over Everton, playing 90 minutes for the first time in over a year.

Iraola said before the match that an unspecified malady had thrown the status of several players in doubt.

“This week is going to be difficult,” Iraola told reporters at a pre-match press conference. “We have some cases of — I don’t want to say ‘illness’ — but they are not probably feeling 100 percent, but we still have two days.

“Tomorrow they could come fresh and [if so] they are available for the game. It is true we have some players who are let’s say in doubtful conditions to perform if the game was today.”

On Friday, Bournemouth posted a gallery of photos of its team’s final training session before the clash with the Hatters, but Adams did not appear anywhere among the 70 images.

Heading into this week, Adams had been showing promising signs of finding his form instantly after an excruciating injury layoff. The New York native had effectively missed a full year after a hamstring injury required two separate surgeries.

However, he scored a brilliant goal for the USMNT in the Concacaf Nations League final, and had appeared in Bournemouth’s matches on either side of the international break.

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Tyler Adams shines in first full 90-minute appearance in over a year

Adams came through unscathed, and was one of the best players on the pitch as the Cherries claimed a win

Sometimes in life, it’s the simple things that are truly worth savoring.

Take for example Tyler Adams, who played a full 90 minutes for Bournemouth in a 2-1 win over Everton on Saturday.

The U.S. men’s national team midfielder getting through one entire game of soccer without issue — or even playing well, as Adams did — is normally not a story.

However, for Adams it was the latest step in an encouraging return from an injury nightmare. The 25-year-old had not come through a 90-minute stint in over a year, with his last such full shift coming all the way back on March 11, 2023 with Leeds.

Adams suffered a hamstring injury in training the following week, eventually undergoing surgery on the problem. Adams would change clubs in the summer, moving from Leeds to Bournemouth, but a September debut off the bench for the Cherries effectively set him back to square one after a recurrence of the same issue.

The USMNT star made his second return on March 13, coming off the bench in a 4-3 Bournemouth win over Luton Town, and Gregg Berhalter took the gamble of calling Adams up for the Concacaf Nations League finals.

While Berhalter drew criticism for that choice from Adams’ former coach Jesse Marsch, it’s safe to say things worked out. The headline item is a spectacular goal against Mexico, but the USMNT stint also served to accelerate Adams’ return to full match fitness in a way that training with Bournemouth wouldn’t have allowed.

That set the stage for a classic Adams showing at the Vitality Stadium, in which the New York native was all over the pitch.

Data from Sofascore bolsters the case that Adams wasn’t just back on the field, but truly looked like his old self. He won seven of eight ground duels on the day, and his four interceptions led all players from both teams.

Adams also posted four successful tackles (joint-best, alongside Everton’s Ben Godfrey), and attempted more passes (46) than any other Bournemouth player.

In other words, Adams isn’t just back. He’s back.

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Iraola: Adams ready to ramp up Bournemouth minutes after USMNT exploits

The USMNT midfielder is looking to start his first club game in a year

Bournemouth head coach Andoni Iraola has said Tyler Adams is ready to ramp up his minutes after a successful return with the U.S. men’s national team.

After a hamstring injury kept him out for the better part of a year, Adams made his Bournemouth return right before the international break, before playing his first USMNT minutes since the 2022 World Cup.

Adams played in both of the USMNT’s Nations League matches, going 40 minutes in the semifinal against Jamaica before playing the first half and scoring a sensational goal in the final against Mexico.

The 25-year-old seems to have returned to England no worse for the wear, as Iraola said he is ready to continue building up his minutes as the Premier League season enters its final stretch.

“I think he’s improving a lot,” Iraola said at a press conference. “He’s in the process of adding minutes. He played 45 minutes in two different games [during the international break] and he finished with good feelings. I think he’s available to play the same amount or even more minutes.”

Bournemouth hosts Everton in the Premier League on Saturday, as Adams aims to start his first club game since March 2023.

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Adams provides fitness update ahead of USMNT Nations League matches

The USMNT captain isn’t in camp just to provide a locker room presence.

Tyler Adams may have only played a couple times over the past year, but he’s not at U.S. men’s national team camp just to provide a locker room presence.

After two hamstring surgeries knocked him out for nearly a full year, Adams has been named to a USMNT roster for the first time since the 2022 World Cup.

The midfielder has joined up with the USMNT ahead of Thursday’s Concacaf Nations League semifinal against Jamaica. The winner of that match will face the winner of Mexico’s semifinal against Panama in Sunday’s final, while the two losers will meet Sunday in the third-place game.

Adams made his first Bournemouth appearance since September last week, coming on in the 71st minute of a 4-3 comeback win over Luton Town.

Some have questioned the wisdom of bringing Adams into USMNT camp with such limited recent game action, but in a call with the media on Monday, the 25-year-old insisted he’s ready to play some significant minutes.

“I played a bit in a [Bournemouth] reserve game, so I got a few minutes there. I had been training for a good amount of time, doing a lot of fitness,” Adams said. “But I felt really good in the [Luton] game. I think I ended up playing — with like 12 minutes of extra time or something — close to 30 minutes and came out of that in a good position.

“I was talking to Gregg [Berhalter, USMNT coach] all along and we were deciding whether I would just come into camp and be around the guys and continue my fitness and training, or if I felt I could play a role in an active roster.

“If anybody asked me, of course I want to play a role and be on the active roster. So I think for these games, I’m still probably minute-capped maybe a little bit. It’s not you know, come flying out of the gates, but I know I can contribute 45 to 60 minutes.”

Adams said that despite a lengthy period of rehab that had to start all over again after his second surgery in October, he always believed he would be back with the USMNT.

“There was never a doubt in my mind that the moment would come,” he said. “Anyone that knows me knows that I do a lot of my work behind the scenes. I go about my business in the right way. I’ve been continuously working nonstop in the past months to make sure that this time would come.

“I’m not sure if anyone thought it would come this soon, but I was continuously just pushing myself and making sure that I was hitting objectives in a smart way. Not rushing the process, making sure I was hitting all my benchmarks, and now here I am.”

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USMNT captain Adams returns for Bournemouth after six months out

Adams’ return is a massive boost for the USMNT ahead of the Concacaf Nations League matches later this month

After six months on the sidelines, Tyler Adams is back.

The midfielder came on for Bournemouth in the 71st minute against Luton Town on Wednesday, marking his first appearance since September.

Bournemouth would go on to cap a miraculous comeback, as Antoine Semenyo claimed a brace to give the hosts — who trailed 3-0 at halftime — a stunning 4-3 win.

Barely two hours after Adams was named to a USMNT roster for the first time since the 2022 World Cup, the New York native returned from a hamstring injury that has required two surgeries.

The first came in March 2023, ending his season and playing a major factor in Leeds’ eventual relegation. The second came seven months later, shortly after Adams made a 20-minute Cherries debut that essentially set him right back to square one.

Bournemouth and the USMNT both had to be pleased to see him come on when he replaced Adam Smith in what was a wild match. Adams unsurprisingly stepped into a central midfield role for Andoni Iraola, who had his team see the game out in a 5-2-3 formation.

Shortly before that match kicked off, USMNT head coach Gregg Berhalter addressed reporters, discussing what had to happen for Adams to be in the 23-player Nations League squad.

“This decision was basically the output of months of communication with his club to track where he’s at, to see the levels that he’s performing at in training, the loads that he’s doing in training,” explained Berhalter. “Finally, a conversation with [Iraola] two days ago, and really hearing from the coach where he thinks Tyler’s at.”

Per Berhalter, Iraola gave a glowing review of Adams’ progress, which in turn sealed the deal from the USMNT’s perspective.

“He couldn’t say enough good things about [Adams],” said Berhalter. “He’s actually ready to play minutes [Wednesday] in the Premier League. So, we’ll see how that ends up, potentially 30 minutes, 15 minutes, who knows?

“But certainly, they think at the club that he has enough to play up to 45 minutes for us. So once we heard that, we jumped at that idea, because he means so much to the team, both on and off the field. It’d be nice to get him back. His last time with the national team was at the World Cup, so he’s been missed for a while. It’ll be nice to get him back into this group.”

Berhalter made sure to keep the door open for Adams as long as he could, naming him to the team’s 60-player preliminary roster for the upcoming Nations League semifinal against Jamaica (March 21), which will be followed by a contest — either a final or a third-place game —against Mexico or Panama on March 24.

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The Americans Abroad Five: Christian Pulisic is having fun

The USMNT star has finally found a team where he’s put in the best position to succeed

Christian Pulisic hasn’t exactly hidden that he was sort of miserable at the end of his time at Chelsea.

Even while he was still a Chelsea player this summer, Pulisic wasn’t afraid to say he had been recently finding it difficult to simply enjoy the game.

A few months later, the 25-year-old is, per his own words, “having fun” again. Leaving the ongoing disaster that is Chelsea certainly helped, but Pulisic needed to find the right destination as well.

That is exactly what AC Milan appears to be, at least a couple months into the U.S. national team star’s time with the Italian side.

In Italy, Pulisic has found what was so glaringly absent for much of his time at Chelsea: a coach who fully believes in him, makes him one of the focal points of his game plan, and plays him in a position where he can be most effective.

It’s safe to say the following scene probably would never have happened with the revolving door of managers Pulisic played under at Stamford Bridge:

This week’s Five leads off with Pulisic’s hot start turning into a more sustained run of form with the Rossoneri.

Adams will ‘be out for some time’ after injury setback

The news doesn’t sound good at all for Adams, Bournemouth, or the USMNT

Tyler Adams may not be back after all.

Per Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola, the U.S. men’s national team midfielder has suffered a setback in his return from a long-term hamstring injury.

“I don’t know what to call it, a setback, but he is not feeling well,” said Iraola in quotes published by the Bournemouth Daily Echo. “I couldn’t tell you if it’s exactly the same point, but it’s true that it’s his hamstring that he is not feeling well… It is true that he is going to be out for some time, for sure.”

After a nearly six-month battle with an injury that required surgery at one point, Adams made his Cherries debut mid-week, playing the final 20 minutes of Bournemouth’s 2-0 Carabao Cup win over Stoke City.

However, on Saturday the USMNT captain was not in uniform, with Iraola explaining after a 4-0 battering at the hands of Arsenal that Adams had suffered a setback.

“I think it’s the same area,” added Iraola. “He has been out for a lot of time, so we have to reassess, to reset, to take the good decisions, thinking in everything.”

Tough news for Adams, Cherries, USMNT

Adams was a big summer addition for Bournemouth, who put up a reported $25 million to bring the 24-year-old in from Leeds during the transfer window.

The Cherries have repeatedly emphasized that Adams’ ability to cover so much ground and win the ball back perfectly suits what Iraola has in mind tactically.

However, per a timeline given by the Bournemouth manager, his appearance against Stoke came after just a handful of full training sessions that only began over the past couple of weeks.

Given the amount of time Adams had been out, the results of further exams from club doctors will go a long way in indicating whether Adams has reaggravated the same injury, or if he has picked up a new knock. The latter scenario is a common one for players coming off of a long injury layoff, and may be the lesser of two evils for Adams and Bournemouth at this point.

The news is also far from ideal for the USMNT. Gregg Berhalter will have surely been looking forward to calling his captain back in for the upcoming October friendlies against Germany and Ghana.

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USMNT captain Adams makes Bournemouth debut

The midfielder made his first appearance since March

Tyler Adams has finally made his Bournemouth debut, coming on as a sub in the 70th minute of Wednesday’s Carabao Cup match against Stoke City.

With Bournemouth leading 2-0, Adams was introduced in place of Lewis Cook at the Vitality Stadium. The Cherries would go on to win by that scoreline, and were paired with Liverpool in the tournament’s round of 16.

The U.S. men’s national team captain completed a move from Leeds to Bournemouth worth a reported $25 million last month, but has been sidelined with a long-term hamstring injury.

Adams has not played since March after undergoing hamstring surgery, which ended his first season at Leeds prematurely. The club would ultimately be relegated at season’s end.

The 24-year-old was named to the bench for the first time this season against Stoke, after head coach Andoni Iraola said last week that the midfielder had returned to partial training with the Cherries.

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