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Ahead of their Round of 16 match against Belgium in the FIFA World Cup, the United States Men's National Team has taken over the Washington Huskies' soccer facility...again, this time with some friends.
Washington has served as the training facility for several teams competing in the international tournament, and as the US looks for its best finish since 2002, when it made the quarterfinals, if it can pull off a win on Monday night, the Huskies pulled out all the stops to help head coach Mauricio Pochettino's team feel at home.
As it usually does on Montlake, that means the inclusion of Washington's live mascot, Dubs II, who took the pitch to welcome the team back to Seattle after it pulled off a 2-0 win over Australia in the second game of the group stage at Seattle Stadium.
While training on Sunday, the USMNT also got some good news when FIFA announced that it is allowing star forward Folarin Balogun to play, suspending the one-game red card ban he received in the Round of 32 in a 2-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The return to Montlake is also a homecoming for former UW star Cristian Roldan, who has yet to play in the tournament and has been unable to dress for the last two games with a muscle strain and is unlikely to suit up against Belgium.
Coming off a year where the men's team won its first-ever national championship, while the women's team made it to the Elite Eight, that could be a great sign for the USMNT as it prepares for its Monday night matchup.
This article originally appeared on Huskies Wire: US Men's National Team takes over Washington soccer facilities
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Washington has served as the training facility for several teams competing in the international tournament, and as the US looks for its best finish since 2002, when it made the quarterfinals, if it can pull off a win on Monday night, the Huskies pulled out all the stops to help head coach Mauricio Pochettino's team feel at home.
As it usually does on Montlake, that means the inclusion of Washington's live mascot, Dubs II, who took the pitch to welcome the team back to Seattle after it pulled off a 2-0 win over Australia in the second game of the group stage at Seattle Stadium.
While training on Sunday, the USMNT also got some good news when FIFA announced that it is allowing star forward Folarin Balogun to play, suspending the one-game red card ban he received in the Round of 32 in a 2-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The return to Montlake is also a homecoming for former UW star Cristian Roldan, who has yet to play in the tournament and has been unable to dress for the last two games with a muscle strain and is unlikely to suit up against Belgium.
Coming off a year where the men's team won its first-ever national championship, while the women's team made it to the Elite Eight, that could be a great sign for the USMNT as it prepares for its Monday night matchup.
This article originally appeared on Huskies Wire: US Men's National Team takes over Washington soccer facilities
Continue reading...
