United States set to face France in friendly ahead of World Cup

Taylor Twellman says that watching the World Cup draw without USMNT involvement should be a wake-up call and motivation for U.S. Soccer.

The U.S. men's national team will play France in a friendly on June 9 in Lyon, the French Football Federation (FFF) announced via Twitter on Wednesday.

The U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) indicated that a contract with the FFF hasn't been signed but that the contractual details on the match, which will be France's last friendly before it heads to the 2018 World Cup, are in the process of being finalized.

The match is set to be held at Lyon's Groupama Stadium. France will also face Colombia on...