Drone Spotted Above USMNT Training Before Concacaf Gold Cup Semifinal Against Guatemala
- The U.S. men's national team faced an unexpected drone flying over their St. Louis training session ahead of their 2025 Gold Cup semifinal against Guatemala on Wednesday.
- The incident occurred amid U.S. Soccer Federation deploying three drones for practice footage while a fourth unauthorized drone caused disruption and landed near the broadcast compound.
- Coach Mauricio Pochettino addressed the drone incidents lightly and said midfielder Johnny Cardoso, who missed the recent quarterfinal, is training but feels an ankle problem, so his availability is unclear.
- Pochettino offered to provide footage upon request and emphasized that they will remain open and transparent regarding the drone incidents and the players' conditions.
- The U.S. aims to reach its first Gold Cup final since its 2021 championship, while Guatemala seeks its first-ever final appearance in the tournament.
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Unexpected drone operated by unidentified party sighted near USMNT training grounds: reports
U.S. Soccer said it launched an investigation into the unidentified aircraft. Meanwhile the Americans will try to qualify for their first Concacaf Gold Cup final since 2021.

US coach Mauricio Pochettino makes light of unexpected drone: 'It’s not the NASA here'
ST. LOUIS (AP) — U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino made light of an unexpected drone flying over his team's training session ahead of a CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinal against Guatemala.
The match for the pass to the final of the Gold Cup will not be easy for the American Football Team, as the Argentine technician Mauricio Pochettino pointed out, who considered that the representative of Guatemala is well directed by his counterpart, the Mexican Luis Fernando Tena. “Guatemala is a good team, for something is [...] The article Pochettino awaits a difficult duel before Guatemala that he stated is well directed. appeared first in: …
The fondness of the National Team of Guatemala did not live such a special moment of the "Blue and White" since that historic road to the World Cup of Germany 2006.That World Cup qualifier had been the most important moment of the "Bicolor" in recent times, until Luis Fernando Tena appeared, who with his work and results has returned the magic to the "Sele de Guate".On that world championship road that began in June 2004 before Suriname and that…
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