Beaumont Enterprise | beaumontenterprise.com | Thursday, June 10,2021 | B3 SPORTS SOCCER U.S. finishes 4-game stretch undefeated ASSOCIATED PRESS tions and then skip next The 20th-ranked U.S. improved 11-1-1 in its month’s CONCACAF Gold last 13 matches and won its 10th consecutive SANDY, Utah — Brenden Cup to report for presea- Aaronson scored in the son ahead of the 2021-22 game against a regional opponent. eighth minute, Daryl Dike club seasons. and Reggie Cannon added The 20th-ranked U.S. their first international improved 11-1-1 in its last 13 goals and the United States matches and won its 10th defeats. from 14 yards. beat Costa Rica 4-0 in an consecutive game against a The U.S. team dominat- Cannon picked up an er- exhibition on Wednesday regional opponent since a ed and went ahead quickly. rant sideways clearance at- night to complete a gruel- 2019 Nations League loss to Sebastian Lletget passed to tempt by Yeltsin Tejeda in ing stretch of four games in Canada, matching the Antonee Robinson on the the 52nd minute, dribbled 11 days. American high set in 2013. left flank, and he crossed in, cut around Joseph Mora Gio Reyna added a pen- The Americans beat their for Dike. Francisco Calvo and scored with a left-foot- alty kick in the 77th, three top three regional rivals knocked the ball away, but ed shot from 14 yards. minutes after entering, in within a week. it bounced into the path of Reyna was awarded the the last preparation match Defender Mark McKen- Aaronson, whose right- penalty when he was for most front-line Ameri- zie was the only player to footed shot from 8 yards knocked over by Keysher can players before the pan- start for the fourth straight Rick Bowmer /Associated Press beat goalkeeper Leonel Fuller. The 18-year-old, a demic-delayed start of game, and Christian Pulis- United States Daryl Dike, left, scored his first Moreira for his third goal in son of former U.S. captain World Cup qualifying in ic, Weston McKennie and international goal against Costa Rica on Wednesday. seven international ap- Claudio Reyna, became September. Josh Sargent didn’t play at pearances. the youngest American to U.S. coach Gregg Berhal- all as Berhalter tested his Steffen sustained a bone ent from the one that will Dike, six days past his convert a penalty kick with ter changed nine starters roster depth for qualifying, bruise in his left knee dur- face the Ticos in World Cup 21st birthday and making his fourth international from the lineup he used to where three matches are ing the second half on Sun- qualifiers on Oct. 13 and his third international ap- goal. beat Mexico 3-2 in extra crammed into FIFA win- day and saving Andres March 30. pearance, scored in the Jordan Siebatcheu en- time on Sunday to win the dows designed for two. Guardado’s penalty kick in The 50th-ranked Ticos 42nd minute. Mark McKen- tered in the 74th minute first CONCACAF Nations Ethan Horvath was rare- extra time. are winless in 11 games zie made a through pass and appeared to hurt his League. ly tested and got the shut- By resting many regu- since 2019, with six losses from just short of the mid- right knee in an aerial chal- Europe-based players out on his 26th birthday af- lars, the U.S. used a lineup and five draws that includ- field stripe, and Dike ran lenge, forcing the U.S. to will go on their brief vaca- ter taking over when Zack that figures to be far differ- ed a pair of penalty-kicks onto the ball and scored finish a man short. Jim Mone /Associated Press Minnesota Vikings quarterbacks Jake Browning (3) and Kirk Cousins (8) enjoy a laugh during a break with rookie quarterback Kellen Mond (11). offense,” Mond said recent- MOND ly. “The more I watch him, From page B1 the more I’m able to mim- ic.” from the front office since Said offensive coordina- the Packers drafted Jordan tor Klint Kubiak of Mond: Brett Coomer /Houston Chronicle Love in the first round last “He’s been a quick study. The NFL will spend up to $1 million funding up to five studies that will examine how to better help players year, has skipped the off- He’s here early and leaves ease their pain and find alternatives to opioids. season program with no late.… We’re throwing a lot end to their standoff in at him. We’re making it FOOTBALL sight. hard for him, and he’s re- Cousins has guaranteed sponding well.” salaries of $21 million and Cousins said he took the NFL funding research studies to $35 million for this year and offseason to scrutinize him- next, so he’s unlikely go self on film over the course anywhere until 2023. May- of his entire NFL career, not find better ways to manage pain be Mond would be ready to just the games from last take over then, or maybe year. not. In the meantime, the “I do think it’s been a By Teresa M. Walker NFL issue or a sports is- The pain management Israel Deaconess Medical Vikings made sure to keep very valuable resource to AP PRO FOOTBALL WRITER sue,” Sills said. “This is a committee held two fo- Center and associate pro- Cousins apprised of their have, and I’m kicking my- societal issue, which is rums in 2020 to learn fessor of psychiatry at Har- thinking. self I didn’t do it sooner in The NFL will spend up how can we better under- more about cannabidiol vard Medical School, said “There was good com- my career,” Cousins said. to $1 million funding up to stand and treat pain and science and manufactur- there are flaws in each of munication through the Absent again from the five studies that will exam- what are the alternatives ing and now wants more the controlled trials de- process, and Kellen’s been field this week in Minnesota ine how to better help that may be out there for information on how can- spite some evidence sup- great, working hard, pick- was defensive end Danielle players ease their pain and treatment in addition to nabinoids not only affect porting the use of medical ing up our offense quickly,” Hunter. Hunter, who’s com- find alternatives to opioids which have long pain but the performance cannabis for pain. Cousins said. ing back this year from opioids. been used.” of NFL players. “That’s why we put out Mond, who was the 66th neck surgery after missing Among those potential Some retired NFL play- Dr. Kevin Hill is co-chair- this request for proposals overall pick in the third the entire 2020 season, has alternatives: marijuana ers, including Nate Jack- man of the joint pain man- so that we can collectively round, has begun at the not been available to re- and other cannabis-de- son and Kyle Turley, have agement committee and with the PA, the players as- bottom of the depth chart porters for 14 months. NFL rived products. spoken out about their use wrote a book titled “Mari- sociation, move towards and taken a scant amount Network reported last year The league announced of marijuana during their juana: The Unbiased Truth finding better treatments of snaps in full-team drills that Hunter, who in 2019 be- its call for research pro- time in the league and said about the World’s Most for pain. Those treatments this month. Jake Browning came the youngest player posals Tuesday. The it’s a better way of manag- Popular Weed.“ He said may include cannabis, and and Nate Stanley clearly in league history to reach league and the NFL Players ing pain than the drugs players have been asking they may include CBD,” have a head start in the 50 career sacks, either Association formed a joint prescribed by team doc- about cannabis and canna- Hill said. competition to be the pri- wants to become the NFL’s pain management com- tors. The league prohibits bidiol CBD. Hill said The NFL opened the ap- mary backup to Cousins, highest-paid defensive mittee in 2019 to help find marijuana use by players. they’ve tried to provide plication process Tuesday. since Sean Mannion was player or be traded to an- alternatives to opioids and Jeff Miller, the NFL’s ex- the best information on a The league wants initial not re-signed. other team. give players and league ecutive vice president controversial topic. proposals studying how Mond, for his part, has Hunter signed a $72 mil- medical staffs information overseeing player health “Unfortunately, the lev- cannabinoids can help taken to careful video study lion extension in 2018 that on pain management. and safety, said the el of interest right now far players manage pain daily of Cousins’ past work in expires after the 2023 sea- Dr. Allen Sills, the NFL’s league’s policy on sub- exceeds the level of evi- and after surgery, how Minnesota’s offense. son. The average annual chief medical officer, said stance abuse is not chang- dence supporting the use cannabis or cannabinoids “Just really enjoy watch- value of his deal ranks 17th there are a lot of great ide- ing, with Tuesday’s an- of medical cannabis for affect players’ athletic per- ing his execution, his foot- in the league among edge as and important research nouncement focused only pain,” Hill said. formance, and how other work, just watch how he’s rushers, according to fig- that need to be funded.