Chris Richards is doing his job to represent the USA positively. He's won awards at the national team level, grown into a leader for the squad, and taken on an understanding of playing for his country. Richards appeared on FOX Sports' First Things First on Tuesday to reign in the 100 days from the World Cup landmark and express his passion for the US Men's National team. Richards showed that passion with talent, earning the USMNT Player of the Year in 2025. "I was kind of stunned to be fair," Richards said. "I feel like I had a good year, but I feel like I still have another level to go. I'm not content, I guess, with the year I had. For everybody to have voted for me to Player of the Year, it meant a lot, especially with the group of names that was on there before me." Richards, a defender for Crystal Palace, helped the team keep 10 clean sheets in 18 Premier League games during the 2024-25 season and nine clean sheets in 24 appearances this year. He celebrated winning the award, he said, by calling his family. Not only did Richards thank his country, but he expressed gratitude for his hometown in Alabama. "Not many people think of Birmingham as this kind of soccer hotbed and, with all the adversity, all the stigmas ... being the first one from Birmingham to have won this award, it means a lot," Richards said. Richards has also protected his country on the pitch. During a friendly between the US and Paraguay in November, the two teams brawled. Now, USA has Paraguay in its group. When asked if he regrets the brawl, Richards embraced the antics. "This is something I'm passionate about, and it makes you even more passionate when you have that USA on your chest. For me, you know, you can call it bad blood, but every team we go out there and play against we want to beat, and we want to beat badly. If they want to bring a fight to it, so be it. I think thats one of the things that makes us American is that were not afraid of any fights," Richards said. "That's the mentality we've adopted over the last few years, and especially now, playing on home soil, I feel like we have a lot more to play for. You can call it bad blood, but I think every team we play is a rivalry," Richards added. There's a history of host countries thriving on home turf, as 13 of 22 host nations have made at least the semis, and 8 countries had their best finishes ever was when they hosted the World Cup. So how will Richards and the United States ensure that they carry on that trend? "Knowing that you're playing in front of the country whose flag you're wearing, knowing that you're playing for more than just yourself," Richards said. "I think it has to be pride."

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AUSTIN, TX - FEBRUARY 21: Head coach Jim Schlossnagle of the Texas Longhorns claps after the playing of the Eyes of Texas before the college baseball game between Texas Longhorns and Michigan State Spartans on February 21, 2026, at UFCU Disch-Falk Field in Austin, TX. (Photo by David Buono/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThe No. 3 Texas Longhorns remained undefeated in the 2026 season and in the all-time series against the Houston Christian Huskies with a 16-3 victory on Tuesday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field, the third straight midweek run-rule victory for head coach Jim Schlossnagles team.Freshman right-hander Sam Cozart received his second career start for the Longhorns, allowing a solo home run in the fourth inning, but otherwise dominating against the Huskies even as he experienced some command issues. Because Cozart doesnt typically pitch to contact, his pitch count reached 73 through five innings, during which the 66, 260-pounder struck out six batters, didnt issue a walk, and didnt allow any hits other than the home run.When Cozart departed, sophomore right-hander Jason Flores came out of the bullpen and was greeted by a double down the right-field lime, continuing a trend of batters slashing elevated outside pitches to the opposite field against Flores.With Texas in a shift, junior first baseman Casey Borba couldnt come up with a ball blooped down the line off the handle of the bat to put runners on second and third with no outs. After Flores traded a run for an out, another run came home on a wild pitch and another batter reached on an infield single chopped over Borbas head at first base. Flores battled back to strike out the next batter and got out of the inning without any further damage when Borba was able to handle a routine grounder to first. In the seventh, Flores put down Houston Christian in order.Texas pieced together a run in the first inning on an RBI groundout and a run in the second inning on an RBI single by junior catcher Andrew Ermis before blowing the game open with six runs in the fourth inning on a sacrifice fly and four straight singles, including three with two outs. When the Huskies were finally able to get out of the inning by winning a lengthy battle against junior first baseman Casey Borba, the Horns had notched eight hits in the game, six singles and two doubles, and drawn five walks. The hit parade continued in the fifth for Texas with three straight singles to open the inning producing an RBI for junior second baseman Ethan Mendoza. Junior catcher Carson Tinney added some juice to the proceedings by sending a three-run home run into the visitors bullpen in left field to make it 12-1. By Tinneys power standards, it was a modest effort in traveling 355 feet.a lil treat for the bullpen #HookEm | @carson_tinneypic.twitter.com/cNIUpUPbOp Texas Baseball (@TexasBaseball) March 4, 2026As the two runs scored by Houston Christian in the top of the sixth inning threatened to prolong the game, Texas came to the plate with the bottom of the order due up. After Borba and sophomore right fielder Jonah Williams drew one-out walks, a two-out single by Mendoza drove in a run to make it a 10-run game again and Tinney drew a nine-pitch walk to load the bases. The two-out rally continued when junior center fielder Aiden Robbins smashed a one-hopper past the Houston Christian shortstop for a two-run single.rockin' Robbins #HookEm | @AidenRobbins43pic.twitter.com/DCeN2NuUNI Texas Baseball (@TexasBaseball) March 4, 2026The inning continued when redshirt senior Temo Becerra reached on an error by the shortstop that brought in the 16th run of the game for the Longhorns before ending on a fielders choice.Texas finished the game with 14 hits by nine players, including four multi-hit performances led by Mendoza, who went 3-for-5 with two RBI and three runs scored. Tinney and Borba also scored three runs.In the final non-conference weekend series, Texas hosts USC Upstate starting at 6:30 p.m. Central on Friday.

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