NEW YORK CITY (Nov. 9, 2022)— united state Guys’s National Group head instructor Gregg Berhalter has actually chosen the 26 gamers that will certainly stand for the USA at the 2022 FIFA Globe Mug, established for Nov. 20-Dec. 18 in Qatar.
Going back to football’s greatest phase for the very first time in 8 years, the United States will certainly start its Globe Mug war Wales on Monday, Nov. 21 at Ahmad Container Ali Arena in Al Rayyan (2 p.m. ET; FOX, Telemundo), deals with among the competition faves England on Friday, Nov. 25 at Al Bayt Arena in Al Khor (2 p.m. ET; FOX, Telemundo) as well as concludes the team phase versus IR Iran on Tuesday, Nov. 29 at Al Thumama Arena in Doha (2 p.m. ET; FOX, Telemundo).
After the United States ended up being the youngest country to receive Qatar 2022 this springtime, a total amount of 25 of 26 gamers have actually been chosen to their initial Globe Mug lineup as well as will certainly intend to make their launchings on the international phase.
” We are thrilled to take this team to contend in the 2022 FIFA Globe Mug,” Berhalter stated. “Last lineup choices are constantly hard, as well as we value every person’s payments that assisted us reach this factor. Our team believe we have a gifted team, a solid team, as well as one that prepares to contend. We are incredibly pleased as well as recognized to stand for the USA as well as value all the incredible assistance from our followers as we head to Qatar.”
UNITED STATE MALES’S NATIONAL GROUP – 2022 FIFA GLOBE MUG LINEUP BY SETTING (CLUB/COUNTRY; CAPS/GOALS; HOME TOWN)
GOALKEEPERS (3 ): Ethan Horvath (Luton Town/ENG; 8/0; Highlands Cattle Ranch, Colo.), Sean Johnson (New York City City FC; 10/0; Lilburn, Ga.), Matt Turner (Arsenal/ENG; 20/0; Park Ridge, N.J.)
PROTECTORS (9 ): Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic/SCO; 11/0; Southend-on-Sea, England), Sergiño Dest (AIR CONDITIONER Milan/ITA; 19/2; Almere, Netherlands), Aaron Long (New York City Red Bulls; 29/3; Oak Hills, Calif.), Shaq Moore (Nashville SC; 15/1; Powder Springs, Ga.), Tim Ream (Fulham/ENG; 46/1; St. Louis, Mo.), Antonee Robinson (Fulham/ENG; 29/2; Liverpool, England), Joe Scally (Borussia Mönchengladbach/ GER; 3/0; Lake Grove, N.Y.), DeAndre Yedlin (Inter Miami CF; 75/0; Seattle, Wash.), Pedestrian Zimmerman (Nashville SC; 33/3; Lawrenceville, Ga.)
MIDFIELDERS (7 ): Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United/ENG; 24/6; Medford, N.J.), Kellyn Acosta (LAFC; 53/2; Plano, Texas), Tyler Adams (Leeds United/ENG; 32/1; Wappingers Falls, N.Y.), Luca de la Torre (Celta Vigo/ESP; 12/0; San Diego, Calif.), Weston McKennie (Juventus/ITA; 37/9; Little Elm, Texas), Yunus Musah (Valencia/ESP; 19/0; London, England), Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders FC; 32/0; Pico Rivera, Calif.)
FORWARDS (7 ): Jesús Ferreira (FC Dallas; 15/7; McKinney, Texas), Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders; 49/11; Mercer Island, Wash.), Christian Pulisic (Chelsea/ENG; 52/21; Hershey, Pa.), Gio Reyna (Borussia Dortmund/GER; 14/4; Bedford, N.Y.), Josh Sargent (Norwich City/ENG; 20/5; O’Fallon, Mo.), Tim Weah (Lille/FRA; 25/3; Rosedale, N.Y.), Haji Wright (Antalyaspor/TUR; 3/1; Los Angeles, Calif.)
The 26-player team is the USMNT’s second-youngest Globe Mug lineup with an ordinary age of 25 years, 175 days when the United States takes the area on Nov. 21 versus Wales.
Note: The lineup will certainly not end up being main till it is sent to FIFA. The target date for all groups to send their last teams is Nov. 14. As soon as the checklist is sent, wounded gamers can be changed on the lineup till 1 day prior to the United States’s opening suit versus Wales.
A total amount of 21 of 26 gamers added to the United States’s Globe Mug certifying project from Sept. 2021-March 2022. Christian Pulisic led the USMNT in racking up throughout the Octagonal, netting 5 objectives throughout the 14 video games of certifying. Protector Antonee Robinson led the United States in mins throughout the Octagonal, showing up in 13 of 14 suits, while midfielders Tyler Adams as well as Kellyn Acosta additionally took the area in all however one certifying suit.
Protector DeAndre Yedlin is the single Globe Mug expert in the team after the right back made his Globe Mug launching as a 20-year-old at Brazil 2014. After Yedlin’s 75 caps, one of the most skilled gamers on the lineup are Kellyn Acosta (53 ), Christian Pulisic (52 ), Jordan Morris (49) as well as Tim Ream (46 ).
Berhalter will certainly end up being the initial guy to stand for the United States at the Globe Mug as both a gamer as well as a trainer after betting the USMNT at the 2002 as well as 2006 competitions.
GO BACK TO THE GLOBE PHASE
Playing in its 11th FIFA Globe Mug as well as 8th of the last 9, the USMNT will certainly face the competition’s best general team in Qatar. Attracted right into Team B together with Wales, England as well as IR Iran, the 4 countries hold an ordinary ranking of 15.
The 2022 Globe Mug, the initial to be kept in the Center East, includes 32 countries separated right into 8 teams of 4 groups as well as will certainly be the last competition had fun with the 32-team layout. After team play from Nov. 21-29, the leading 2 finishers in each team will certainly progress to the knockout phase of the competitors from Dec. 3-18. All 64 suits of the competition will certainly be played in 8 cutting edge arenas in Qatar, with all locations within a hr drive of the funding of Doha.
YOUNG AMERICANS
The USMNT was without a doubt the youngest group to receive the 2022 FIFA Globe Mug, amassing useful experience experiencing the roughness of Globe Mug certifying. Via 14 qualifiers, the United States Beginning XI can be found in at approximately 23.82, nearly 2 years more youthful than the following closest group, Ghana at 25.67. With each other, the various other 31 taking part groups balanced a Beginning XI age of 27.5 via certifying, virtually 4 complete years older than the united state
From the offered information for certified groups, the USMNT played 10 of the 11 youngest schedules worldwide throughout the just recently ended certifying cycle, with all 14 schedules dropping in the 23 youngest Beginning XIs worldwide going back to October 2020. After its effective certifying project, each suit is one more possibility for the young USMNT gamer swimming pool to acquire experience versus top-flight competitors.
The 2022 group connections the 1990 United States side for a lot of U-23 gamers on a USMNT Globe Mug lineup with 9: Tyler Adams (23 ); Brenden Aaronson, Sergiño Dest, Josh Sargent as well as Tim Weah (22 ); Jesús Ferreira (21 ); Yunus Musah, Gio Reyna as well as Joe Scally (19 ).
With the addition of Musah, Reyna as well as Scally, this is the initial USMNT Globe Mug team with greater than one young adult on the lineup, though Gio Reyna will certainly transform 20 on Nov. 12 as well as Yunus Musah will certainly do so on Nov. 29, the day of the United States’s last team phase suit versus Iran.
THE HIGHEST DEGREE FOR CLUB & & NATION
While 25 gamers will certainly look for to make their Globe Mug debuts in Qatar, the USMNT lineup is familiar with several of football’s greatest phases at the club degree. 5 of 26 gamers are taking part in this year’s UEFA Champions Organization, the sporting activity’s premier club competitors, while 14 bet groups worldwide’s leading 5 organizations (England, Germany, Spain, Italy as well as France).
This USMNT Globe Mug lineup flaunts maybe one of the most remarkable checklist of club residences ever before at the competition, with gamers at several of Europe’s a lot of fabled clubs. Pulisic assisted Chelsea win the UEFA Champions Organization in 2020-21, ending up being the initial American to play in the UCL Final. Protector Sergiño Dest relocated this period to ruling Italian champ air conditioning Milan, while goalkeeper Matt Turner is layering his profession for English Premier Organization leader Toolbox. Weston McKennie’s club Juventus won the Italian organization champion 9 times in a row from 2011-12 via 2019-20,
JUST AHEAD
The USMNT’s Globe Mug team shows the success of the united state Football gamer growth path, as a lot of the gamers turned up via the United State Young people National Teams program as well as hung out in the united state Football Growth Academy and/or the United State Football U-17 Residency Program.
Fourteen gamers– simply over half the lineup – have actually stood for the United States in a minimum of one FIFA Young people Globe Mug. 4 took the area with each other at 2 different competitions: Tyler Adams, Luca de la Torre Christian Pulisic as well as Haji Wright at the 2015 U-17 Globe Mug in Chile, as well as Adams, Cameron Carter-Vickers, de la Torre as well as Josh Sargent at the 2017 U-20 Globe Mug in Korea Republic.
Seventeen of 26 played in the united state Football Growth Academy, run by the Federation as the country’s highest degree of young people football from 2007-2020 to make the most of young people gamer growth by favorably affecting daily club atmospheres. 7 gamers joined the Residency Program, an elite training setting for the nation’s ideal young people gamers at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. From 1999-2017.
PRACTICE RUN
Regardless of the young people of the USMNT gamer swimming pool, the united state team made their red stripes throughout Concacaf’s strenuous 14-game Globe Mug certification project, the Octagonal. A record-tying 29 gamers made their initial WCQ look this cycle in the difficult problems of Concacaf.
Because getting the Globe Mug in March, the USMNT has actually utilized its 4 open pleasant suit days to test itself versus fellow competition individuals, aligning challengers from Asia, Africa as well as South America. The United States covered Morocco 3-0 as well as fought South American power Uruguay to a scoreless reel in June, prior to dropping 2-0 to Japan as well as linking Saudi Arabia 0-0 throughout the group’s last prep suits in September.
QUICK FACTS ON THE USMNT LINEUP
- Since the opening suit versus Wales on Nov. 21, the 26-player lineup will certainly hold an ordinary age of 25 years, 175 days, making it the second-youngest USMNT lineup at a Globe Mug after the 1990 team (24 years, 24 days).
- The 2022 group additionally links the 1990 side for a lot of U-23 gamers on a USMNT Globe Mug lineup with 9: Tyler Adams (23 ); Brenden Aaronson, Sergiño Dest, Josh Sargent as well as Tim Weah (22 ); Jesús Ferreira (21 ); Yunus Musah, Gio Reyna as well as Joe Scally (19 ).
- With the addition of Musah, Reyna as well as Scally, this is the initial USMNT Globe Mug team with greater than one young adult on the lineup, though Gio Reyna will certainly transform 20 on Nov. 12 as well as Yunus Musah will certainly do so on Nov. 29, the day of the United States’s last team phase suit versus Iran.
- Just 3 USMNT Globe Mug gamers have actually been more youthful than the teen triad for the initial video game of their corresponding competition: Joe Martinelli (17.76; 1934), Julian Eco-friendly (19.03; 2014), Chris Henderson (19.5; 1990), Joe Scally (19.89; 2022), Yunus Musah (19.98; 2022), Gio Reyna (20.02; 2022).
- With 75 caps, DeAndre Yedlin is the senior-most gamer as well as the just one with previous Globe Mug experience after including in 3 suits throughout the 2014 competition in Brazil.
- Complying with Yedlin in regards to ranking are Kellyn Acosta (53 caps), Christian Pulisic (52 ), Jordan Morris (49 ), Tim Ream (46 ), Weston McKennie (37 ), Pedestrian Zimmerman (33 ), Tyler Adams (32) as well as Cristian Roldan (32 ).
- At 35 years of ages, Tim Ream is the 8th earliest gamer called to a USMNT Globe Mug lineup, as well as 5th earliest area gamer. The existing captain of English Premier Organization side Fulham FC rates behind Frank Moniz (38.75; 1950), Marcus Hahnemann (37.99; 2010), Fernando Clavijo (37.4; 1994), Thomas Dooley (37.1; 1998), Tom Florie (36.72; 1934), Kasey Keller (36.54; 2006), Tim Howard (35.28; 2014), Tim Ream (35.13; 2022).
- Gamers stand for clubs in 8 various nations: United States (9 ), England (8 ), Germany (2 ), Italy (2 ), Spain (2 ), France (1 ), Scotland (1 ), Turkey (1 ).
- Gamers have home towns in 9 various states: The golden state (4 ), New York City (4 ), Georgia (3) Texas (3 ), Missouri (2 ), New Jacket (2 ), Washington (2 ), Colorado (1 ), Pennsylvania (1 ).
- 4 various other gamers have home towns in 2 international nations: England (3) as well as Netherlands (1 ).
- A total amount of 21 gamers made a minimum of one look for the United States throughout 2022 Globe Mug Qualifying. The team represented 9,683 mins (70 percent of overall mins) as well as 16 of the 21 objectives racked up (76 percent).
- The 5 that did not show up in certifying are goalkeepers Ethan Horvath as well as Sean Johnson, protectors Cameron Carter-Vickers as well as Joe Scally, as well as ahead Haji Wright.
- 4 clubs have 2 gamers on the USMNT Globe Mug lineup: Brenden Aaronson as well as Tyler Adams (Leeds United); Tim Ream as well as Antonee Robinson (Fulham); Shaq Moore as well as Pedestrian Zimmerman (Nashville SC); Jordan Morris as well as Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders)
- Having actually made his worldwide launching at the beginning of 2021, Matt Turner has 14 tidy sheets via his initial 20 caps, leading all USMNT goalkeepers in nothings via their initial 20 looks.
- Must Turner show up in a Globe Mug suit, he would certainly end up being the 4th goalkeeper from the state of New Jacket to bet the USMNT at the competition, complying with Jimmy Douglas (East Newark; 1930), Tony Meola (Kearny; 1990 as well as 1994) as well as Tim Howard (North Brunswick; 2010, 2014).
- Protector Sergiño Dest (Air Conditioner Milan) as well as midfielder Weston McKennie (Juventus) are the 2nd as well as 3rd USMNT gamers from Serie A clubs to make a Globe Mug lineup, complying with Oguchi Onyewu (Air Conditioner Milan) in 2010.
- Dest will certainly be the 2nd Dutch-American to stand for the USMNT at a FIFA Globe Mug, complying with existing united state Football Sporting Supervisor Earnie Stewart that participated in the 1994, 1998 as well as 2002 Globe Mugs.
- Having just recently captained Celtic in the UEFA Champions Organization, facility back Cameron Carter-Vickers comes to be the initial gamer from a Scottish club called to a united state Globe Mug lineup.
- Facility back Pedestrian Zimmerman (Lawrenceville), goalkeeper Sean Johnson (Lilburn) as well as right back Shaq Moore (Powder Springs) call from the state of Georgia, with Zimmerman as well as Johnson both having actually gone to Brookwood Secondary school in the Atlanta suburban area of Snellville.
- Goalkeeper Ethan Horvath comes to be the initial gamer from the state of Colorado called to a USMNT Globe Mug lineup.
- Midfielders Luca de la Torre (Celta de Vigo) as well as Yunus Musah (Valencia) are the initial gamers from the Spanish Primera to make a united state Globe Mug lineup. Formerly, Tab Ramos made the 1994 team after betting Genuine Betis in the Spanish Segunda.
- Protector Joe Scally as well as Haji Wright both made their USMNT launchings previously this year in the 3-0 pleasant win versus Morocco on June 1 in Cincinnati. Wright’s penalty shot because suit made him the 56th gamer to rating in their USMNT launching.
- Wright (Antalyaspor) additionally comes to be simply the 2nd gamer from a Turkish club to make a USMNT Globe Mug lineup after Jermaine Jones, that got on lending with Besiktas at the time of the 2014 competition in Brazil.
- Fourteen gamers stood for the United States in a minimum of one FIFA Young people Globe Mug: Kellyn Acosta (2011 U-17; 2013, 2015 U-20), Tyler Adams (2015 U-17, 2017 U-20), Cameron Carter-Vickers (2015, 2017 U-20), Luca de la Torre (2015 U-17, 2017 U-20), Sergiño Dest (2017 U-17, 2019 U-20), Sean Johnson (2009 U-20), Shaq Moore (2015 U-20), Christian Pulisic (2015 U-17), Gio Reyna (2019 U-17), Josh Sargent (2017 U-17, U-20), Joe Scally (2019 U-17) Tim Weah (2017 U-17, 2019 U-20), Haji Wright (2015 U-17), DeAndre Yedlin (2013 U-20).
