2018-22 U.S. men's national soccer team commentators

As originally posted by Tony Miller:

After a stunning fall from Grace on the final matchday of the 2017 hexagonal, the United States men's national team failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, marking the first time since 1986 that the nation hasn't reached soccer's biggest international stage. Without that pinnacle to build up to for the first time in a generation, I guess everything between now and next July is really building toward 2022 for the USMNT.

If CONCACAF simply rolls the clock forward from the 2018 cycle, World Cup qualifying would start in March 2019 with the top six nations joining the fray in November. Of course, there are two problems with this theory: one is that the 2022 World Cup will start four months later than the 2018 edition, and the second is that I'm attempting to apply logic to CONCACAF.

At any rate, for comparison purposes, the format leaked in November after the World Cup and was confirmed the following January.

2018, post-World Cup

Friday, Sept. 7, 2018: Brazil (friendly at East Rutherford, N.J.). 7:30. FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden, Alex Curry, Rodolfo Landeros.

Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018: Mexico (friendly at Nashville, Tenn.). 8:30. ESPN. Ian Darke, Taylor Twellman, Sebastian Salazar.

Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018: Colombia (friendly at Tampa, Fla.). 7:30/7:45. FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden, Katie Witham, Rodolfo Landeros.

Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018: Peru (friendly at East Hartford, Conn.). 7:30/8:05. ESPN2. Ian Darke, Taylor Twellman, Sebastian Salazar.

Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018: England (friendly at London). 2:45/3:00. ESPN2. Ian Darke, Taylor Twellman.

Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018: Italy (friendly at Genk, Belgium). 2:30/2:45. FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden. Off-tube.

2019

Monday, Jan. 28, 2019: Panama (friendly at Glendale, Ariz.). 8:00/8:06. ESPN2. Adrian Healey, Taylor Twellman, Sebastian Salazar.

Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019: Costa Rica (friendly at San Jose, Calif.). 3:30/3:50. FOX. John Strong, Stu Holden, Danielle Slaton.

Thursday, March 21, 2019: Ecuador (friendly at Orlando, Fla.). 8:00/8:09. ESPN2. Ian Darke, Taylor Twellman, Sebastian Salazar.

Tuesday, March 26, 2019: Chile (friendly at Houston). 7:55/8:04. ESPN2. Ian Darke, Taylor Twellman, Sebastian Salazar.

Wednesday, June 5, 2019: Jamaica (friendly at Washington, D.C.). 7:00/7:06. FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden, Rodolfo Landeros.

Sunday, June 9, 2019: Venezuela (friendly at Cincinnati, Ohio). 2:00/2:06. FOX. John Strong, Stu Holden, Rodolfo Landeros.

Tuesday, June 18, 2019: Guyana (Gold Cup group stage at St. Paul, Minn.). 10:00/10:06. FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden, Rodolfo Landeros.

Saturday, June 22, 2019: Trinidad and Tobago (Gold Cup group stage at Cleveland, Ohio). 8:00/8:06. FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden, Rodolfo Landeros.

Wednesday, June 26, 2019: Panama (Gold Cup group stage at Kansas City, Kan.). 9:00/9:06. FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden, Rodolfo Landeros.

Sunday, June 30, 2019: Curacao (Gold Cup quarterfinal at Philadelphia). 8:30/8:36. FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden, Rodolfo Landeros.

Wednesday, July 3, 2019: Jamaica (Gold Cup semifinal at Nashville, Tenn.). 9:30/9:36. FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden, Rodolfo Landeros.

Sunday, July 7, 2019: Mexico (Gold Cup final at Chicago). 9:00/9:15. FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden, Rodolfo Landeros.

Friday, Sept. 6, 2019: Mexico (friendly at East Rutherford, N.J.). 8:30/9:08. FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden, Katie Witham.

Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019: Uruguay (friendly at St. Louis). 7:30/8:00. FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden, Katie Witham.

Friday, Oct. 11, 2019: Cuba (CONCACAF Nations League at Washington, D.C.). 6:30/7:06. FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden, Katie Witham.

Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019: Canada (CONCACAF Nations League at Toronto). 7:15/7:30. ESPN2. Ian Darke, Taylor Twellman, Sebastian Salazar.

Friday, Nov. 15, 2019: Canada (CONCACAF Nations League at Orlando). 7:00/7:15. ESPN2. Ian Darke, Taylor Twellman, Sebastian Salazar.

Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019: Cuba (CONCACAF Nations League at George Town, Cayman Islands). 7:30. FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden.

2020

Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020: Costa Rica (friendly at Carson, Calif.). 3:55/4:00. ESPNews. Adrian Healey, Brian Dunseth.

And then the coronavirus happened.

Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020: Wales (friendly at Swansea, WAL). 2:30/2:45. FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden.

Monday, Nov. 16, 2020: Panama (friendly at Wiener Neustadt, AUT). 2:30/2:45. FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden.

Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020: El Salvador (friendly at Fort Lauderdale, Fla.). 7:30/7:39. ESPNews. Jon Champion, Taylor Twellman.

2021

Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021: Trinidad and Tobago (friendly at Orlando, Fla.). 7:00/7:25. FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden.

Thursday, March 25, 2021: Jamaica (friendly at Wiener Neustadt, AUT). 1:20/1:28. ESPN2. Jon Champion, Taylor Twellman.

Sunday, March 28, 2021: Northern Ireland (friendly at Belfast, NIR). 12:00. FOX. John Strong, Stu Holden.

Sunday, May 30, 2021: Switzerland (friendly at St. Gallen, SUI). 2:00/2:16. ESPN. Jon Champion, Taylor Twellman.

_{Coverage began on ESPN3 due to multiple ESPN networks being busy with softball, baseball and lacrosse. Elevated to ESPNU at 2:28 in 12th minute. JIP on ESPN at 2:41 in 25th minute.}

Thursday, June 3, 2021: Honduras (CONCACAF Nations League semifinal at Denver). 7:30/7:36. CBSSN. Andres Cordero, Mo Edu, Nico Cantor, Jenny Chiu

Sunday, June 6, 2021: Mexico (CONCACAF Nations League championship at Denver). 9:30/9:36. CBSSN. Andres Cordero, Mo Edu, Nico Cantor, Jenny Chiu

Wednesday, June 9, 2021: Costa Rica (friendly at Sandy, Utah). 7:00/7:05. ESPN2. Jon Champion, Taylor Twellman.

Sunday, July 11, 2021: Haiti (Gold Cup group stage at Kansas City, Kan.). 9:00/9:06. FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden.

Thursday, July 15, 2021: Martinique (Gold Cup group stage at Kansas City, Kan.). 10:00/10:06. FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden.

Sunday, July 18, 2021: Canada (Gold Cup group stage at Kansas City, Kan.). 5:00. FOX. John Strong, Stu Holden.

Sunday, July 25, 2021: Jamaica (Gold Cup quarterfinal at Arlington, Texas). 10:00. FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden.

Thursday, July 29, 2021: Qatar (Gold Cup semifinal at Austin, Texas). 7:30. FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden.

Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021: Mexico (Gold Cup final at Paradise, Nev.). 8:30/9:00. FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden.

Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021: at El Salvador (octagonal at San Salvador, SLV). 9:00/10:05. CBSSN/Paramount+. Andres Cordero, Mo Edu, Jenny Chiu.

Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021: vs. Canada (octagonal at Nashville). 8:00/8:12. FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden, Rodolfo Landeros.

Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021: at Honduras (octagonal at San Pedro Sula, HON). 10:30. Paramount+. Andres Cordero, Mo Edu, Jenny Chiu.

Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021: vs. Jamaica (octagonal at Austin). 7:30/7:45. ESPN2. Jon Champion, Taylor Twellman, Sam Borden.

Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021: at Panama (octagonal at Panama City, PAN). 9:00. Paramount+. Andres Cordero, Mo Edu, Jenny Chiu.

Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021: vs. Costa Rica (octagonal at Columbus, Ohio). 6:30/7:00. ESPN2. Jon Champion, Taylor Twellman, Sam Borden.

Friday, Nov. 12, 2021: vs. Mexico (octagonal at Cincinnati). 9:00/9:10. ESPN2. Jon Champion, Taylor Twellman, Sam Borden.

_{Coverage did not begin until 9:09 due to college football game; football was bumped to ESPNEWS for the final 6:14 of its fourth quarter.}

Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021: at Jamaica (octagonal). Paramount+. Andres Cordero, Mo Edu, Jenny Chiu.

Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021: Bosnia and Herzegovina (friendly at Carson, Calif.). 8:00/8:15. FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden.

_{Coverage did not begin until 8:07 due to boxing overrun.}

2022

Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022: vs. El Salvador (octagonal at Columbus, Ohio). 6:30/7:00. ESPN2. Jon Champion, Taylor Twellman, Sam Borden.

Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022: at Canada (octagonal at Hamilton, CAN). Paramount+. 1:30/3:05. Andres Cordero, Mo Edu, Kaylyn Kyle, Jenny Chiu.

Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022: vs. Honduras (octagonal at St. Paul, Minn.). 7:30. FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden, Rodolfo Landeros.

Thursday, March 24, 2022: at Mexico (octagonal). 8:30/10:00. CBSSN/Paramount+. Andres Cordero, Mo Edu, Jenny Chiu, Janelly Farias.

Sunday, March 27, 2022: vs. Panama (octagonal at Orlando, Fla.). 6:30/7:00. FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden, Rodolfo Landeros.

Tuesday, March 30, 2022: at Costa Rica (octagonal). 8:30/9:05. CBSSN/Paramount+. Andres Cordero, Mo Edu, Jenny Chiu.

Friday, April 1, 2022: World Cup draw. 11:30a/12:00. FS1.

Monday, April 4, 2022: CONCACAF Nations League draw. 6:50/7:00. Paramount+.

Wednesday, June 1, 2022: Morocco (friendly at Cincinnati, Ohio). 7:30. ESPN2. Jon Champion, Taylor Twellman, Jillian Sakovits

Sunday, June 5, 2022: Uruguay (friendly at Kansas City, Kan.). 5:00. FOX. John Strong, Stu Holden

Friday, June 10, 2022: Grenada (CONCACAF Nations League group stage at Austin, Texas). 10:00, ESPN+. Jon Champion, Taylor Twellman.

Tuesday, June 14, 2022: at El Salvador (CONCACAF Nations League group stage at San Salvador, El Salvador). 10:00, FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden.

Friday, September 23, 2022: vs Japan (friendly at Dusseldorf, Germany). 8:00 AM/8:25 AM, ESPN2. Jon Champion, Taylor Twellman, Sam Borden.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022: vs Saudi Arabia (friendly at Murcia, Spain). 1:30/2:00, FS1. John Strong, Stu Holden, Jenny Taft.

Monday, Nov. 21, 2022: Wales (World Cup group stage at Al Rayyan, QAT). 2:00, FOX. John Strong, Stu Holden, Jenny Taft.

Friday, Nov. 25, 2022: England (World Cup group stage at Al Khor, QAT). 2:00, FOX. John Strong, Stu Holden, Jenny Taft.

Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022: Iran (World Cup group stage at Doha, QAT). 2:00, FOX. John Strong, Stu Holden, Jenny Taft.

Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022: Netherlands (World Cup Round of 16 at Al Rayyan, QAT). 10:00 AM, FOX. John Strong, Stu Holden, Jenny Taft.

Pre-COVID schedule

2020

Thursday, March 26, 2020: Netherlands (friendly at Eindhoven, NED). 3:30/3:45. ESPN2.

Monday, March 30, 2020: Wales (friendly at Cardiff, WAL). 2:30/2:45. FS1.

Thursday, June 4, 2020: Honduras (CONCACAF Nations League semifinal at Houston). 5:30.

Sunday, June 7, 2020: Mexico or Costa Rica (CONCACAF Nations League final at Dallas).

August 31-September 8: (WCQ: hexagonal or group stage)

October 5-13: (WCQ: hexagonal or group stage)

November 9-17: (WCQ: hexagonal or group stage)

2021

March 22-30: (WCQ: hexagonal or knockout quarterfinals)

May 31-June 8: (WCQ knockout semifinal or friendlies)

August 30-September 7: (WCQ: hexagonal or knockout final)

October 4-12: (CONCACAF playoff or friendlies)

November 8-16: (window on FIFA International Match Calendar)

2022

March 21-29: (window on FIFA International Match Calendar, including intercontinental playoffs)

April: Final draw for 2022 World Cup

May 30-June 14: (double window on FIFA International Match Calendar - four matches permitted rather than usual two)

September 19-27: (window on FIFA International Match Calendar)

November 21-December 18: World Cup (players released Nov. 14)