{"id":79215,"date":"2026-09-27T04:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T09:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/27\/in-playful-moments-the-usmnts-new-youth-movement-is-already-paying-off\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T04:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T09:55:15","slug":"in-playful-moments-the-usmnts-new-youth-movement-is-already-paying-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/27\/in-playful-moments-the-usmnts-new-youth-movement-is-already-paying-off\/","title":{"rendered":"In playful moments, the USMNT\u2019s new youth movement is already paying off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a crushing World Cup exit, 11 debutants and two teenage scorers are giving the program renewed verve<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2023\/jul\/20\/sign-up-for-soccer-with-jonathan-wilson-his-free-weekly-newsletter-on-european-soccer?utm_term=68ff7d8f6c73dffc08f382888be1de2a&amp;utm_campaign=SoccerwithJonathanWilson&amp;utm_source=esp&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;CMP=soccerwithjonathanwilson_email\">Subscribe to our free newsletter for US soccer fans<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Follow Guardian Soccer on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/guardian.soccer\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@guardiansoccer\">TikTok<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The fans who witnessed the United States\u2019 4-1 thrashing of Peru in Orlando on Saturday did not have to wait long to get their flashbulb moment. It came just four minutes into the match, only moments after 19-year-old Orlando City attacker Justin Ellis headed home the US opener.<\/p>\n<p>Ellis, making his first appearance for the US, sprinted toward the near corner to celebrate, then turned and faced the US supporters in the north end of <a href=\"http:\/\/inter.co\/\">Inter.co<\/a> Stadium \u2013 a supporters\u2019 section nicknamed \u201cthe wall\u201d. Quickly, he was joined by Villarreal defender Alex Freeman, himself an Orlando City product. For a moment, the two former teammates posed arm in arm, gazing up at the home crowd. Then they embraced, laughed, and attempted to run back to the center circle. Gio Reyna, who\u2019d assisted on the goal, shoved him back toward the fans.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/sep\/27\/usa-peru-soccer-justin-ellis-cavan-sullivan-julian-hall\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a crushing World Cup exit, 11 debutants and two teenage scorers are giving the program renewed verve Subscribe to our free newsletter for US soccer fans Follow Guardian Soccer on Instagram and TikTok The fans who witnessed the United States\u2019 4-1 thrashing of Peru in Orlando on Saturday did not have to wait long &#8230; <a title=\"In playful moments, the USMNT\u2019s new youth movement is already paying off\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/27\/in-playful-moments-the-usmnts-new-youth-movement-is-already-paying-off\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about In playful moments, the USMNT\u2019s new youth movement is already paying off\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}