Yahoo Sports reports: The United States had two clear choices to guard its goal at a home World Cup, and both of them were named Matt. One was the incumbent, a man who had started at the last World Cup and spent the years since chasing minutes across England and France. The other was a 27 year old…
sports | sports | Yahoo Sports | June 23, 2026 2:48 AM
Matt Freese Wrote a Harvard Paper on Penalties and Now Guards the USA World Cup Goal
The United States had two clear choices to guard its goal at a home World Cup, and both of them were named Matt. One was the incumbent, a man who had started at the last World Cup and spent the years since chasing minutes across England and France. The other was a 27 year old…
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