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Report: Portugal friendly to be only USMNT match of November window

It appears the November international break will feature just one match for the U.S. Men’s National Team.

According to ESPN, the U.S. will only play Portugal as part of the November international break, which runs from the 6-14. The U.S. is set to face the reigning Euro champions in Portugal on Nov. 14.

Previously, U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati said the federation was aiming to have two European-based matches during the November break, but it appears the U.S. will play just one before heading towards the new year.

The U.S. has yet to name a coach for that Portugal match as the club is expected to name an interim manager in the coming weeks.

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  1. i think that’s a mistake. wonder what the details are as to why. Czech Republic, the Dutch, Hungry, Norway, Wales, Austria, Scotland, Slovenia, Bosnia, Israel, etc. would all be great games for us right now. i can’t imagine they ALL have plans already. such a bummer.

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  2. I have to believe that who ever the second team was pulled out since we’re likely to send a young, inexperienced team (hopefully) with some kind of temp coach. Not exactly a good WC prep game for anybody.

    Jan camp is more important than ever BUT we need a coach. We should take the opportunity to start the new player pool

    Why exactly does Sunil not have a temp coach? Did Tab turn him down, maybe Bradley or Klinsmann? Get off your butt Sunil and do something

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  3. I think we need to give our young players as much international experience as possible. Even a match with Canada or some other CONCACAF team on an open date would be preferable to no game at all, IMO. We could play one game with European based players and the other with MLS and Mexican based players.

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  4. Until we have a permanent manager in place, and a (re)vision discussed my personal interest in watching these matches, with this collection of players, is pretty minimal.

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  5. Oh come on. Liechtenstein was available. Might even have beaten them, although they have more first-league pros than that Trinidad squad we just lost to…

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  6. May be a good move to minimize USMNT commitments until the dust settles with the USSF. Might mean no January camp either. It’s going to be a long boring winter for USMNT fans. To then be followed by a long boring summer…

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    • Man that’s the truth. I’m excited for when we get to start talking about Olympic qualifying. Or at least, I’m trying to be….

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    • No January camp would be a massive mistake. And while we should be de-emphasizing MLS players in the long term, the camp benefits MLS players, especially the young ones, and some Liga MX players like Villefana this year. One way for these players to get noticed (so they can be signed by European teams and get more necessary experience ) is by being scouted on the MNT. And we should be bringing in only players 25 and younger to camp.

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