The United States men's national team are out of the Concacaf Nations League. They lost to Panama in a tournament again, a tournament only the USMNT have won.
The USMNT won the first three iterations, but now they'll be playing in a third place match. It's a gut punch to the team, to Mauricio Pochettino, but more importantly it needs to be a wake up call. The result is unacceptable chances to prepare for the 2026 World Cup diminish. It's a gut punch and a game that will be analyzed until they take the pitch again.
Panama earned every bit of the result in the way they frustrated the USMNT, remained defensively resilient and were set up to take chances by Thomas Christiansen. On the other side of the equation, Pochettino has questions to answer in terms of his team selection, the striker role and more.
Here are three takeaways from USA's loss to Panama in the Concacaf Nations League.
