Doug McIntyre
Soccer Journalist
Mauricio Pochettino on Sunday named a 25-player roster for his first two aggressive matches as head coach of the USA males’s nationwide workforce.
AC Milan star Christian Pulisic highlights the squad, which additionally consists of fellow lineup locks Weston McKennie and Tim Weah. Accidents prevented McKennie and Weah from showing in final month’s friendlies towards Panama and Mexico, which the USMNT break up to cap Pochettino’s first camp on the helm of the U.S. program.
“It is an awesome alternative to see some new gamers,” the Argentine advised reporters on a Zoom name shortly after the announcement.Â
The People will meet Jamaica this month within the Concacaf Nations League quarterfinals. The primary sport of the two-leg, home-and-home, total-goals-wins collection is on Thursday in Kingston, the Jamaican capital. The decisive rematch towards the Reggae Boyz is on Nov. 16 in St. Louis, Missouri, with a spot in subsequent spring’s semis on the road.
The complete USMNT roster for November is as follows:
Goalkeepers: Diego Kochen, Barcelona Atlètic (Spain); Patrick Schulte, Columbus Crew (MLS); Zack Steffen, Colorado Rapids (MLS); Matt Turner, Crystal Palace (England)
Defenders: Mark McKenzie, Toulouse (France); Tim Ream, Charlotte FC (MLS); Chris Richards, Crystal Palace ; Antonee “Jedi” Robinson, Fulham (England); Miles Robinson, Cincinnati (MLS); Joe Scally, Borussia Mönchengladbach (Germany); Auston Trusty, Celtic (Scotland)
Midfiedlers: Brenden Aaronson, Leeds United (England); Gianluca Busio, Venezia (Italy); Johnny Cardoso, Actual Betis (Spain); Weston McKennie, Juventus (Italy); Aidan Morris, Middlesbrough (England); Yunus Musah, AC Milan (Italy); Tanner Tessmann, Lyon (France); Malik Tillman, PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands)Â
Forwards: Cade Cowell, Guadalajara (Mexico); Ricardo Pepi, PSV Eindhoven; Christian Pulisic, AC Milan; Brandon Vázquez, Monterrey (Mexico); Timothy Weah, Juventus; Alex Zendejas, Membership América (Mexico)
Heart again Chris Richards returns after lacking the October window with a hamstring ailment. Central midfielder Johnny Cardoso additionally returns; he and Weah had been on Pochettino’s preliminary call-up record final month earlier than being pressured to withdraw.
All three late additions to the October squad — midfielder Tanner Tessmann and Liga MX duo Brandon Vázquez and Alex Zendejas. Cade Cowell, one other Mexican-based ahead, was additionally summoned this month. Cowell has 5 targets in 12 league appearances for Chivas this season.
Tyler Adams, the U.S. captain on the 2022 FIFA World Cup, was neglected regardless of making his first begin of the European membership marketing campaign for England’s Bournemouth in Saturday’s Premier League loss to Brentford. Adams, who has missed a lot of the final two seasons following hamstring and again surgical procedures, has logged simply 100 minutes for the Cherries this time period.Â
“I think about him, personally, a vital participant for the way forward for this workforce,” Pochettino stated of Adams. “However on the identical time, we all know very properly that we have to take care of him if we wish to have him in the very best situation for 2026” when the World Cup will probably be co-hosted by the U.S. together with Canada and Mexico.Â
Attacker Gio Reyna stays sidelined by the groin harm he suffered in coaching with the USMNT in September. Beginning proper again Sergiño Dest (ACL tear) is out till early subsequent 12 months. Â
Six gamers who had been a part of Pochettino’s October camp had been additionally omitted. That record included injured strikers Folarin Balogun and Josh Sargent; Marlon Fossey and fellow reserve fullback Kristoffer Lund, who just lately misplaced his beginning job with Palermo in Italy’s Serie B; keeper Ethan Horvath, now the No. 2 at Welsh membership Cardiff Metropolis; and Coventry Metropolis winger/striker Haji Wright, who scored his seventh aim of the season on Saturday within the English second tier earlier than being substituted with an harm.
[We’re] disillusioned that Haji, Sargent and, after all, Balogun cannot be a part of the squad,” Pochettino stated. “It opens a chance for possibly one other participant to have extra minutes.”Â
With out Fossey and Lund, the U.S. has simply two pure outdoors backs obtainable in Jedi Robinson and Joe Scally. Pochettino famous that a number of People might be deployed there in a pinch, although, together with midfielder Yunus Musah. Musah was deployed for granted wingback in AC Milan’s Champions League upset of Actual Madrid final week.Â
Weah additionally has high-level expertise as a fullback, although will not be unavailable for the opener in Kingston. The versatile Juventus winger will serve the second sport of his suspension for the crimson card he obtained within the group stage of the 2024 Copa América.
The U.S., which beat the Reggae Boyz within the 2023-24 Nations Leagues semis, is aiming for a fourth straight event title. The ultimate 4 of the 2024-25 competitors will probably be contested subsequent March.
The American gamers will convene in Orlando, Florida beginning on Sunday earlier than touring to the Caribbean island on Wednesday.
Doug McIntyre is a soccer reporter for FOX Sports activities. A employees author with ESPN and Yahoo Sports activities earlier than becoming a member of FOX Sports activities in 2021, he has coated United States males’s and girls’s nationwide groups at FIFA World Cups on 5 continents. Observe him @ByDougMcIntyre.
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