Happy Friday, everybody! Although the club soccer calendar is paused for the final international break of 2024, the slog does not stop with U.S. Men's National Team action in the CONCACAF Nations League as well as its UEFA counterpart and the craziness of the CONMEBOL zone's FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifiers.

The 1-0 win in Jamaica will not live long in the memory, but it gave the U.S. the advantage in its two-legged Concacaf Nations League quarterfinal.

The U.S. men’s national team topped Jamaica on Thursday in the first leg of their home-and-home, total-goals-wins Concacaf Nations League quarterfinal series.

The first edition of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 - a competition that will feature 32 teams from across the globe, selected from the AFC, CAF, Concacaf, CONMEBOL, OFC and UEFA regions - is drawing

FIFA unveils the new soccer Club World Cup trophy, symbolizing innovation, courage, and inclusivity:: The event will see 32 of the world's top clubs compete at a tournament next year in the U.S.:: Gianni Infantino,

European giants like Real Madrid, Manchester City, and Bayern Munich will find out their group stage opponents at the draw for the first-ever fully expanded Club World Cup in the summer of 2025.