United States males’s nationwide group supervisor Mauricio Pochettino on Thursday named his 25-player roster for upcoming friendlies in opposition to Paraguay and Uruguay.
Whereas it options the return of Borussia Mönchengladbach teammates Giovanni Reyna and Joe Scally, in addition to PSV Eindhoven’s Ricardo Pepi, there are additionally notable absences, together with the trio of Juventus’ Weston McKennie, AC Milan’s Christian Pulisic and Marseille’s Tim Weah.
The U.S. will face Paraguay in Chester, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 15, and can then tackle Uruguay in Tampa three days later.
“As we proceed to develop our squad and construct on the tradition we have now created, that is one other nice alternative for the gamers chosen for this roster to show they need to be on the ultimate record for the World Cup,” Pochettino stated.
“It’s necessary that they arrive into this camp ready to point out their qualities on the sector and their dedication to being an excellent teammate. We’ll maintain engaged on the aggressive particulars in coaching and have the chance to problem ourselves in opposition to two prime quality opponents from South America.”
Each Pulisic and Weah have been nursing accidents, with the previous sustaining a hamstring harm over the last worldwide window, whereas Weah suffered a thigh harm again on Oct. 25.
The rationale for McKennie’s absence is unknown in the meanwhile, and whereas went the gap in Juve’s draw in opposition to Sporting CP within the UEFA Champions League, he’s additionally making an attempt to impress a brand new supervisor in Luciano Spalletti, who was employed final week.
The harm record, which additionally contains Fulham’s Antonee Robinson and Membership América’s Alejandro Zendejas makes for one more window the place Pochettino can have a roster that’s considerably lower than full power.
Reyna and Scally return for the primary since each gamers took half within the 2025 Concacaf Nations League finals again in March. Reyna has additionally switched golf equipment in that point, transferring to Gladbach from Borussia Dortmund. Each gamers featured in final week’s 4-0 victory over St. Pauli, which was Gladbach’s first of the season. The absences of McKennie, Pulisic, Weah and Zendejas may probably clear the best way for Reyna to get appreciable taking part in time.
Pepi returns to the USMNT for the primary time since November of 2024, and carries with him appreciable momentum, having scored a stoppage time equalizer in PSV’s 1-1 draw in opposition to Olympiacos within the UCL.
He’ll take care of Monaco’s Folarin Balogun — who additionally scored within the Champions League this week — in addition to Coventry Metropolis’s Haji Wright for enjoying time.
The aforementioned November 2024 window was additionally the final time that Celtic defender Auston Trusty was within the USMNT fold having benefited from accidents to membership teammate Cameron Carter-Vickers, in addition to the Vancouver Whitecaps’ Tristan Blackmon.
Gamers start reporting to camp in Philadelphia on Nov. 9.
DETAILED ROSTER BY POSITION (Membership/Nation; Caps/Objectives)
GOALKEEPERS (4): Roman Celentano (FC Cincinnati; 0/0), Matt Freese (New York Metropolis FC; 11/0), Jonathan Klinsmann (Cesena/ITA; 0/0), Patrick Schulte (Columbus Crew; 3/0)
DEFENDERS (9): Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew; 14/1), Sergiño Dest (PSV Eindhoven/NED; 35/2), Alex Freeman (Orlando Metropolis; 11/0), Mark McKenzie (Toulouse FC/FRA; 24/0), Tim Ream (Charlotte FC; 78/1), Miles Robinson (FC Cincinnati; 37/3), Joe Scally (Borussia Mönchengladbach/GER; 21/0), John Tolkin (Holstein Kiel/GER; 4/0), Auston Trusty (Celtic/SCO; 4/0)
MIDFIELDERS (7): Tyler Adams (Bournemouth/ENG; 52/2), Sebastian Berhalter (Vancouver Whitecaps/CAN; 7/0), Aidan Morris (Middlesbrough/ENG; 11/0), Gio Reyna (Borussia Mönchengladbach/GER; 32/8), Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders; 41/0), Tanner Tessmann (Olympique Lyon/FRA; 10/0), Sean Zawadzki (Columbus Crew; 1/0)
FORWARDS (5): Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United/ENG; 54/9), Folarin Balogun (AS Monaco/FRA; 27/7), Diego Luna (Actual Salt Lake; 16/3), Ricardo Pepi (PSV Eindhoven/NED; 33/13), Haji Wright (Coventry Metropolis/ENG; 19/7)
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