France have belief to go with their talent and, after righting the ship to beat Croatia and reach the UEFA Nations League finals, they can start to think about the World Cup.

Defending champion Spain and France have needed penalty shootouts to reach the Nations League semifinals and join Germany and Portugal.

Croatia will look to close out this second-leg quarterfinal match against France on Sunday and advance to the semifinals at the Stade de France.

Happy Monday and boy does it feel like the Monday-est Monday in a while for all you USMNT fans out there. James Benge here, primed to bring you up to speed with what has been a dramatic week of Nations Leagues CONCACAF and UEFA.

Mauricio Pochettino appears to recognize the enormity of the problems facing his U.S. men’s national team after it crashed out of the CONCACAF Nations League this week with two dismal losses in a tour