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Concacaf Nations League semis, as it happened: USMNT lose

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Herculez Gomez calls USMNT's performance 'pathetic' in loss to Panama (1:57)

Herculez Gomez rips Mauricio Pochettino and the United States men's national team in their loss to Panama. (1:57)

The U.S. men's national team failed at its goal of winning a fourth straight Concacaf Nations League title, with Mauricio Pochettino's men losing 1-0 to Panama via a second-half stoppage time goal from Cecilio Waterman.

The result means that we will not get a showpiece showdown with Mexico or Canada in Sunday's final, as Panama will be the ones to face one of the other 2026 World Cup hosts. Here's how it happened.