“I was pretty calm at that moment,” says Downs. “We talked about who’s gonna go sixth, who’s gonna go seventh, and they wanted me to go seventh. But I spoke with another player, and he just said, ‘You ...

Christian Pulisic and Tim Weah have now responded directly to the criticism from figures like Landon Donovan — doing so with a pointed, eight-word reality check that’s impossible to ignore.

Christian Pulisic and Tim Weah have not held back in their assessments of ex-U.S. Men's National Team stars, criticizing the ...