Chicago (June 14, 2024) – Following an exhilarating 1-1 draw with fifth-seeded Brazil, US Men’s National Team head coach Gregg Berhalter has selected 26 players who will represent the USMNT at the 2024 Copa America, which will be held from June 20 to July 14 at 14 venues in 13 cities. in the United States of America.
The USMNT opens group play against Bolivia on Sunday, June 23 at AT&T Stadium in Dallas, then faces Panama on Thursday, June 27 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta and concludes on Monday, July 1 against Uruguay at GEHA Stadium in Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas. city. The tournament opens at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Thursday, June 20, when World Cup holders and Copa America champions Argentina take on Canada.
According to the tournament rules, rosters must include a minimum of 23 players and a maximum of 26 players. Teams must submit their final rosters no later than June 15.
All 26 players named to the Copa America squad were included in the June training camp roster for the summer showdown, presented by Marriott Bonfoy, between the United States and Colombia, the 2024 Allstate Continental Clásico match that pits the United States against the five-time world champion. Brazilian Cup champion. LAFC midfielder Timmy Tillman was the 27th player on the list and has returned to his club.
This will be the second-youngest team the United States has sent to five editions of the Copa America, behind only the 2007 team. 18 of the 26 players on the 2022 World Cup squad were, with nine players aged 23 or younger.
The Copa America, the oldest tournament in international football, will feature some of the best teams and players in the world. CONCACAF and CONMEBOL have teamed up to host the competition outside South America for only the second time in the tournament’s history, having previously hosted the highly successful 2016 Copa América Centenario in the United States. Six teams from CONCACAF and all ten teams from CONMEBOL will participate in the tournament.
Group A: Argentina, Peru, Chile, Canada
Group B: Mexico, Ecuador, Venezuela, Jamaica
Group C: USA, Uruguay, Panama, Bolivia
Group D: Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Costa Rica
Detailed list by position (club/country; matches/goals)
Goalkeepers (3): 18-Ethan Horvath (Cardiff City/Wall Street; 9), 25-Sean Johnson (Toronto/Canada; 13), 1-Matt Turner (Nottingham Forest/England; 41).
Defenders (9): 2-Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic/Italy, 17/0), 23-Christopher Lund (Palermo/Ita, 3/0), 24-Mark McKenzie (Genk/Belgium, 13/0), 16-Shaq Moore (Nashville). SC; 19/1), 13-Tim Ream (Fulham/England; 58/1), 3-Chris Richards (Crystal Palace/England; 18/1), 5-Anthony Robinson (Fulham/England; 43/4). 12-Myles Robinson (Cincinnati, 3/29), 22-Joe Scully (Borussia Mönchengladbach/Germany, 0/11)
Midfielders (7): 4-Tyler Adams (Bournemouth/England; 39/2), 15-Jonny Cardoso (Real Betis/Spain; 13/0), 14-Luca de la Torre (Celta Vigo/Spain; 21/0), 8-Weston McKennie . (Juventus/Italy; 11/53), 6-Younes Moussa (AC Milan; Italy; 0/37), 7-Gio Reyna (Nottingham Forest/England; 8/28), 17-Malik Tilleman (PSV Eindhoven/NED); 11/0)
Strikers (7): 11-Brenden Aaronson (Union Berlin/Germany; 41/8), 20-Folarin Balogun (Monaco/France; 12/3), 9-Riccardo Pepe (PSV Eindhoven/England; 25/10), 10-Christian Pulisic (AC) Milan/Italy 68/29), 26-Josh Sargent (Norwich City/England; 23/5), Tim Weah (Juventus/Italy; 39/6), 19-Haji Wright (Coventry City/England, 10/4)
History of the United States of America in Cuba America
The United States has participated in the Copa America four times since the tournament’s inception in 1916. After making its debut in 1993, the United States shocked the world with a 3-0 win over Argentina in the 1995 group stage en route to a fourth-place finish. He lost to Brazil in the semi-finals. After not advancing from the group stage in 2007, the United States excelled at the 2016 Copa América Centenario, again finishing fourth after falling to Lionel Messi’s No. 1 seed Argentina in the semifinals.
The United States is one of six guest teams at the CONMEBOL tournament. No invitee from outside South America has ever won the tournament. Since 2011, only two of the 12 teams have reached the knockout stages, with the United States and Mexico qualifying for the 2016 Copa América Centenario.
Club achievements
Many players bring the “Big Mo(mentum)” with them to their camp after the achievements they achieved with their clubs this season. Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic) and the duo of Ricardo Pepe and Malik Tieleman (PSV Eindhoven) enter with the league championship title to their name, while Weston McKennie and Tim Weah lift the Italian Cup with Juventus.
Meanwhile, there are currently nine players in the clubs that will participate in the 2024-25 Champions League: Folarin Balogun (Monaco), Cameron Carter Vickers (Celtic), Weston McKinney And Tim and ya (Juventus), Yunus Musa And Christian Pulisic (Italian club Milan), Ricardo Pepe And Malik Tillman (Eindhoven), and Gio Reyna He is set to return to Borussia Dortmund after a half-season loan spell with Nottingham Forest.
Buddy system
The list includes five sets of club-mates, all of whom come from European clubs: Milan (Moussa, Pulisic), Fulham (Reem, A.Robinson), Juventus (McKenni, Weah), Nottingham Forest (Reina, Turner) and PSV Eindhoven. PSV Eindhoven (Pepe, Tielemann).
The PSV Eindhoven duo joined former US Soccer sporting director Ernie Stewart at PSV Eindhoven this summer, winning their first Eredivisie title in six years and the 25th title in the team’s history.
Younes Musa and Christian Pulisic helped lift Milan to second place in the league table as well as the last 16 of the Europa League. In Serie A, they are competing with Weston McKennie and Tim Weah, with Juventus just one point behind them in the standings.
Tim Ream and Anthony Robinson have completed their fourth season as teammates at Craven Cottage. Matt Turner moved from Arsenal to Nottingham Forest and was joined in January by Gio Reyna, who came on loan from Borussia Dortmund.
Back to the mix
Striker Josh Sargent is in the midst of making his first camp appearance since the 2022 World Cup after injury forced him to withdraw from the final Nations League camp in March. Sargent finished the season with 16 goals in 28 appearances for Norwich City.
Additionally, 2022 World Cup veterans Cameron Carter-Vickers, Luca De La Torre and Sean Johnson all made their first camp appearances of 2024 this month.
Moving between places
The USMNT is no stranger to AT&T Stadium, bringing back an unblemished 5-0-0 record to Arlington. The first three matches were played during the knockout rounds of the Gold Cup – two semifinals (2013, 2017) and a quarterfinal (2021) – and each time the United States won the tournament. The national team has played two matches there this year, using extra time to beat Jamaica 3-1 in the CONCACAF Nations League semi-final, before another 2-0 win over Mexico to claim its third successive Champions League title. Overall, the USA ranks 13-1-4 in Dallas-Ft. Worthy area.
Having been selected as the future home of the US Soccer National Training Centre, Atlanta will host the USMNT at Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the first time. This is only his second visit to the United States Peach State Since 1977, after losing 2-1 to Jamaica on July 22, 2015, at the Georgia Dome in the Gold Cup semi-final.
This will be only the USMNT’s second visit to GEHA Stadium at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. The first visit was a big one, as the team faced Costa Rica in the final round of World Cup qualifying on April 25, 2001. Led by two-time World Cup veteran and former USMNT assistant coach Josh Wolfe, he led the USA to a 1-0 shutout in front of 37,319 fans. The only other appearance for a Missouri team from the city came in the 1968 World Cup qualifiers, a 6-2 victory over Bermuda at Municipal Stadium.
List notes
- The average age of the roster will be 25 years and 230 days as of the team’s opening match against Bolivia on June 23. It is the second-youngest team the United States has sent to five editions of the Copa America, behind only the 2007 roster (24 years, 280 days).
- The team averages 27 international matches and 16 official competitions.
- The 26 players represent clubs in 11 different countries: England (8), Italy (5), Netherlands (3), Germany (2), Spain (2), USA (2), Belgium (1), Canada (1). ), France (1), Scotland (1), Wales (1).
- Striker Christian Pulisic and goalkeeper Ethan Horvath feature in their second Copa America squad, with the duo being part of the 2016 Copa America Centenary squad.
- Pulisic, who has made three Copa América appearances, is also the top winner on the list (68), followed by Tim Ream (58), Stone McKennie (53), Anthony Robinson (43), Matt Turner (41) and Tyler. Adams (39), Tim Weah (39), and Yunus Musa (37).
- Eighteen of the 26 players were on the 2022 World Cup squad.
- Nine players are 23 or younger: Brenden Aaronson (23); Folarin Balogun, Johnny Cardoso, Christopher Lund and Malik Tillman (22); Younes Musa, Ricardo Pepe, Gio Reyna and Joe Scully (21).
- Veteran defender Tim Ream is set to be 36 years and 263 days as of the opener against Bolivia, the oldest field player ever to be named to a Copa América roster, ahead of Fernando Clavijo who was 36 years and 145 days initially. From the 1993 edition.
- Goalkeeper Matt Turner made 11 saves in the 1-1 draw with Brazil on Wednesday, taking his career total of saves after the century mark to 107.
- Four players scored at least one international debut against Bolivia. Christian Pulisic (17 years, 253 days) became the youngest player to score for the United States when he scored in the United States’ 4-0 win over Bolivia on May 28, 2016, in Kansas City, Kansas.
- In a friendly match played against Bolivia exactly two years later in Chester, Pennsylvania, 18-year-old Josh Sargent scored on his NFL debut, and 18-year-old teammate Tim Weah also scored his first goal in his second international cap, as He got an assist from another debutant, 20-year-old Anthony Robinson, as the United States won 3-0.
- On the strength of his hat-trick in the penultimate 2022 World Cup qualifiers, Pulisic scored a career-high four goals against Panama, making him the most ever among USMNT players against the Central American nation.
- Gio Reyna scored his first international goal against Panama, from a direct free kick during his second NFL appearance on November 16, 2020, in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
- Centre-back Chris Richards made his debut in the same friendly match against Panama, coming on as a second-half substitute.
- Sean Johnson tops the list of 11 players who appeared in the United States’ last match against Uruguay, as the veteran goaltender made three saves to earn a 0-0 draw on June 5, 2022, in Kansas City, Kansas.
- All 26 players have been part of at least one USMNT tournament roster (World Cup, Gold Cup, Copa America, CNL Finals): Shawn Johnson (9); Christian Pulisic and Tim Ream (7); Weston McKinney and Matt Turner (6); Brenden Aaronson, Ethan Horvath, Yunus Musa, Gio Reyna, Anthony Robinson, Myles Robinson and Tim Weah (5); Tyler Adams and Joe Scully (4); Folarin Balogun, Johnny Cardoso, Luca de la Torre, Mark McKenzie, Shaq Moore, Ricardo Pepe, Chris Richards, and Haji Wright (3); Cameron Carter Vickers, Christopher Lund and Malik Tillman (2).
- Sixteen players are products of the US Soccer Development Academy, with 11 players coming from Major League Soccer academies: Brenden Aaronson (Philadelphia Union), Tyler Adams (New York Red Bulls), Luca de la Torre (San Diego Surf, Nomads SC). ), Ethan Horvath. (Real Colorado), Weston McKennie (Dallas), Mark McKenzie (Philadelphia Union), Shaq Moore (Dallas), Ricardo Pepe (Dallas), Christian Pulisic (BA Classics), Gio Reyna (New York City FC), Chris Richards ( FC Dallas, Texas SC Houston), Myles Robinson (Boston Bullets), Josh Sargent (St. Louis, Scott Gallagher), Joe Scully (New York City FC), Tim Weah (New York Red Bulls, PW Gutici), and Haji Wright (Los Angeles Galaxy).
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