{"id":121060,"date":"2025-06-26T23:49:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T23:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=121060"},"modified":"2025-06-26T23:49:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T23:49:44","slug":"usmnt-defeat-azerbaijan-2-0-in-opening-world-cup-send-off-game-brazil-bound-on-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=121060","title":{"rendered":"USMNT defeat Azerbaijan 2-0 in opening World Cup &#8216;Send-Off&#8217; game | Brazil Bound on Location"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-O7CwGy3Gvw?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>MLSsoccer.com&#8217;s Nick Firchau and Jonah Freedman react to the USMNT vs. Azerbaijan match at Candlestick Park, focusing on the diamond midfield from the US and a late injury scratch from the starting lineup.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel for more soccer content: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=MLS<br \/>\n&#8211; Follow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLS<br \/>\n&#8211; Like us on Facebook: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MLS<br \/>\n&#8211; Add us to your circle on Google Plus:  https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/111490959184064683855\/posts <\/p>\n<p>About MLS: Headquartered in New York City, Major League Soccer is the top-flight professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. MLS features many stars from the U.S., Canada, and around the world. Major League Soccer&#8217;s 19th season features 19 clubs each playing 34 regular-season matches. Those clubs are the Chicago Fire; Chivas USA; Colorado Rapids; Columbus Crew; D.C. United; FC Dallas; Houston Dynamo; LA Galaxy; New York Red Bulls; New England Revolution; Philadelphia Union; Portland Timbers; Real Salt Lake; San Jose Earthquakes; Seattle Sounders FC; 2013 MLS Cup champion Sporting Kansas City; Toronto FC; Vancouver Whitecaps FC; and, Montreal Impact. New York City FC &#038; Orlando City SC will join MLS for the 2015 season. For more information about MLS, log on to the league&#8217;s official website at http:\/\/www.MLSsoccer.com<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-O7CwGy3Gvw\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MLSsoccer.com&#8217;s Nick Firchau and Jonah Freedman react to the USMNT vs. Azerbaijan match at Candlestick Park, focusing on the diamond midfield from the US and a late injury scratch from&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":121061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/121061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}