News about Paul Arriola

Sporting Kansas City's win over Dallas on Sunday was marred by a late fracas that was sparked when Paul Arriola threw the ball into an opponent's face. Players from both Major League Soccer teams were involved in a shoving match in stoppage time as Sporting KC attempted to hold on to a 3-2 lead.  The trouble began in the 94th minute, when Dallas was awarded a throw-in deep inside their own half. 

Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi's second preseason match against FC Dallas, was still blanked, although the pair provided glimpses of the tense team they formed together in Barcelona. Messi and Suarez lasted just over an hour as the hosts defeated 1-0 in front of only 32,211 fans in the 92,100-seat stadium in Arlington, Texas, rainy, sparsely populated Cotton Bowl. Miami lost their first preseason match 1-0 over El Salvador. After being played in by Paul Arriola, USA striker Jesus Ferreira opened the scoring less than three minutes in.

As goals from Paul Arriola, Jesus Ferreira, and Jader Obrian kept FC Dallas' MLS playoff hopes alive, they raised the score in their best-of-three series with the Seattle Sounders. Dallas knew another slip-up at Toyota Stadium would bring their season to an end after a 2-0 win in Seattle on Monday. But they got off to a promising start on Saturday night, with Arriola leading the opener from Bernard Kamungo's cross within six minutes.

Brenner scored in the 63rd minute and FC Cincinnati overcame finishing a man down to give the visiting Seattle Sounders FC their first loss of the young season with a 1-0 victory on Saturday night. The Brazilian did not miss his second chance after Brenner crashed the side of the net following a Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei's injury. Following another Sounders' forfeiture, some nifty Cincinnati passing carried the ball to Brenner's foot, where a sprawling Frei did the job. It was his first goal of the season and he made it in the 63rd minute.

FC Dallas defeated the Los Angeles Galaxy 3-1 on Saturday, with Jesus Ferreira scoring two goals just eight minutes apart in the second half. Alan Velasco scored in the first half of the game, and Paul Arriola had two assists. FC Dallas (1-1-0, three points), five saves for the Dallas team, who bounced back from last weekend's 1-0 setback to Minnesota United. Maarten Paes made five saves for the Dallas (1-1-0, three points).

When he was cut from Berhalter's 26-man roster for the World Cup in Qatar last November, the midfielder was'heartbroken' and reportedly left 'crying in his car.' But the FC Dallas man was summoned to the MLS-heavy winter training camp two months after he was one of Berhalter's roster cuts. Arriola did not want the shock and agony of his World Cup debut to keep him from returning to the USA setup this month, but he did admit that the decision was made much simpler by Berhalter's absence.

Paul Arriola has expressed disappointment at being left out of the USA's World Cup squad for this month's tournament in Qatar by coach Gregg Berhalter. Arriola wrote a personal note on social media just hours after the 26-man roster was announced: The last few days have been extremely difficult.' Some of the worst I've had in a while. "I am devastated not to be on the final World Cup roster." This year, I wanted to put myself in the best shape possible to get to this point, but it wasn't enough.

After losing out on the 2018 edition, the United States Men's National Team will be going to the FIFA World Cup. The moment will be seen as the first opportunity for some of the country's most gifted players to grace a football pitch will be a show off on the country's biggest stage. However, before the cameras' grip and the brilliant lights of Doha get to them, the cameras will head to the Big Apple, where the US Soccer Federation will announce their roster for Qatar live on ESPN2.

USA Soccer has announced a training camp in Texas for players on MLS teams that aren't in the Cup Playoffs in order to stay healthy. It's being seen as an opportunity for players on the fringes of the squad to prove themselves with one last chance to fly to Qatar. The USSF said in a tweet that it is "important to bridge the gap between players finishing their seasons and future participation in the World Cup."

With just under a month until the United States Men's National Team announces its roster for the 2022 World Cup, it's vital to know where each of those players ranks in the hierarchy. There are players who have been battling for a position for the longest time. There are those who are planes that are immobilized. Some people have been given a few opportunities, but not been able to be consistent. All in all, this will act as a baseline for where the players on the USMNT roster currently stand.

The fact that the US men's national team trained with Saudi Arabia is not enough. They did it in a less humid environment than a flat can of Coke, but it's not enough. They were not able to get the invite to what was effectively the Green Falcons' B-team, but it wasn't enough. It's because they did it while being offensively bankrupt, tactically disorganized, and as lost as a child is distracted by a shiny object at a county fair. In their last tune-up match in Murcia, which serves as home for a Spanish third division team, the United States appeared woefully unprepared on this stage.