Amid managerial tumult, USA launch new World Cup cycle with Serbia loss

Brandon Vazquez of the United States celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the friendly match between the United States and Serbia on Wednesday night at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. Photograph: Omar Vega/Getty Images

Alexi Lalas succinctly described the setting surrounding the US national team’s first camp since the World Cup in Qatar.

“January camps are always kind of strange,” the player turned broadcaster told Sirius XM satellite radio, “but this is even more so because of the circumstances.”