USA's 2026 FIFA World Cup Roster: The 26 Players Ready To Make History

They travel from each parts of the state and adjacent from crossed the globe. Small towns and large cities. Sons of erstwhile shot greats and adjacent a Super Bowl winner.

These are the 26 players who'll correspond the United States men's nationalist squad astatine the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Spread crossed 3 countries — the U.S., Canada and Mexico — this summer's World Cup volition beryllium the biggest ever held. And these 26 players volition person the uncommon grant of playing soccer's marquee tourney arsenic co-hosts. 

It's clip to get to cognize them. What makes them peculiar and what stands retired astir their journey. The state and the satellite volition beryllium watching. 

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MEET USA'S 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP ROSTER

Brenden Aaronson | No. 11

Age: 25
Club: Leeds United (English Premier League)

Brenden Aaronson broke done with the Philadelphia Union erstwhile helium was lone 18 years old, and the expectations for his vocation person been sky-high ever since. He played 2 seasons for the Union from 2019-2020, erstwhile helium had 7 goals and 9 assists successful 51 matches and helped the squad triumph the 2020 Supporters Shield arsenic the champion regular-season MLS team. 

He joined Austrian nine Red Bull Salzburg successful January 2021. Then conscionable 19 years old, Aaronson’s transportation interest was the highest for a U.S.-based homegrown subordinate successful MLS history. He scored 9 goals and had 9 assists successful 2 seasons, earlier joining Premier League nine Leeds United successful 2022 connected a $30 cardinal transportation fee. He has made 57 appearances for the USA and scored 9 goals and 7 assists. 

Did You Know: Back successful the day, they utilized to telephone Aaronson the "Medford Messi" for his creativity, method accomplishment and attacking quality — on with his hometown. That nickname isn’t utilized overmuch successful the Premier League, but it was amusive erstwhile helium was archetypal starting retired successful his pro career.

Stat: Aaronson has made much than 100 appearances combined successful the Premier League and Bundesliga. – Laken Litman

Folarin Balogun | No. 20

The soft-spoken guardant is expected to spearhead the American onslaught erstwhile their World Cup run kicks disconnected against Paraguay in Los Angeles connected June 12. "My caput people wanders to the opening crippled of the World Cup, and conscionable the atmosphere," Balogun told maine past September. "It's astir similar a freeze-frame, similar a cleanable representation successful my mind." It’s astir to go reality.

Did You Know: Eligible to play for the U.S., England oregon Nigeria (homeland of his parents), Balogun represented the Three Lions astatine the younker nationalist squad level. Within the younker academies of England and Arsenal, Balogun played alongside midfielder Yunus Musah, who started each of the USA’s 4 games astatine the 2022 FIFA World Cup successful Qatar. 

Stat: Balogun scored successful 8 consecutive Ligue 1 matches for Monaco earlier this season, tying the all-time nine record. – Doug McIntyre

Ricardo Pepi | No. 9

Age: 23
Club: PSV Eindhoven (Dutch Eredivisie)

Ricardo Pepi is warring to beryllium the team's go-to striker. He’s a proven scorer with his club, wherever he’s netted 19 goals crossed each competitions for PSV during the 2025-26 season. But helium hasn’t rather had the aforesaid occurrence with the nationalist team, scoring a full of 13 goals successful 35 appearances since helium made his debut with the squad successful 2021. Granted, he’s been passed implicit astatine times, similar erstwhile erstwhile manager Gregg Berhalter decided not to instrumentality him to the 2022 World Cup. Those experiences person helped signifier Pepi and person fixed him a spot connected his shoulder. He’s anxious to execute for the U.S. this summer. 

Did You Know: There person been rumors for months astir Pepi perchance transferring from PSV to Premier League nine Fulham. A erstwhile woody collapsed successful March, but there’s inactive a accidental the clubs volition scope an statement successful the future.

Stat: Pepi has scored much than 55 goals successful league contention implicit the past 4 seasons. – Litman

Christian Pulisic | No. 10

Lightning quick, Hershey, Pennsylvania’s favourite lad glides by the world’s champion defenders and scores with easiness erstwhile he’s astatine the tallness of his powers. But he’s been struggling mightily heading into what should beryllium a defining World Cup connected location soil. The apical scorer successful the archetypal fractional of Italy's Serie A season, Pulisic finished the run goalless since December, and helium has not deed the people for the nationalist squad since 2024. Fans of the location squad are hoping the floodgates inevitably unfastened successful clip for the main event. So, for that matter, is Pulisic. 

"I cognize a shot volition deed disconnected my genu and spell in, and past things volition change," helium said successful March. "I'm not going to panic. Better present than successful the summer. Things are going to change." 

Did You Know: Pulisic’s father, Mark, was a nonrecreational indoor shot subordinate who played NCAA shot astatine George Mason University, wherever helium met Christian’s mom. Kelley Pulisic was a subordinate of GMU’s women’s team. A diehard New York Jets fan, Christian watched Gang Green play successful London successful 2021, the aforesaid twelvemonth helium won the UEFA Champions League with Chelsea. He remains the lone American ever to play successful the last of Europe’s apical nine competition. 

Stat: His 32 goals are the fifth-most successful U.S. men's nationalist squad history, and his 84 appearances are the astir of immoderate progressive player. – McIntyre

Tim Weah | No. 21

Age: 26
Club: Marseille (French Ligue 1)

Tim Weah has been a regular successful the U.S. squad since his debut successful 2018 erstwhile helium was conscionable 18 years old. Since then, he’s made 49 appearances and scored 7 goals, including successful the USA’s opening lucifer of the 2022 World Cup erstwhile helium recovered the backmost of the nett successful the archetypal fractional against Wales. He has 1 of the astir almighty shots connected the team, is incredibly soft-spoken and humble, but besides brings the vibes. If you’re wondering wherever the euphony is coming from successful the locker country oregon connected the squad bus, you tin usually find Weah holding the boombox. 

Did You Know: Weah’s father, George Weah, was the apical scorer successful UEFA Champions League successful 1995 and became the archetypal African subordinate to triumph the Ballon d’Or that aforesaid year. The elder Weah is besides the erstwhile president of Liberia. But the 1 happening George was ne'er capable to bash that Tim volition present person done twice? Play successful a World Cup.

Stat: During his clip astatine Juventus, Weah made 78 appearances and recorded 7 goals on with 7 assists.  – Litman

Haji Wright | No. 19

Age: 28
Club: Coventry City (English Premier League starting successful 2026-27)

Haji Wright is simply a physically imposing subordinate for the U.S. beforehand line. At 6-foot-3, he’s unsafe successful the container and a one-on-one threat. He’s scored 18 goals successful 43 appearances for his nine this play and successful February, had a chapeau instrumentality against Middlesbrough. Wright made his debut with the USA successful June 2022, up of that summer's World Cup and scored successful his archetypal lucifer connected a punishment footwear vs. Morocco. He’s recorded 20 appearances and scored 7 planetary goals. 

Did You Know: Wright was 1 of lone 3 U.S. players to people a extremity astatine the 2022 World Cup. Tim Weah scored successful the archetypal match, Christian Pulisic successful the third, and past Wright had what everyone likes to picture arsenic an accidental extremity successful the circular of 16 lucifer vs. the Netherlands erstwhile a transverse from Pulisic ricocheted perfectly disconnected his bottommost and into the backmost of the net. 

Stat: In the past six seasons, Wright has scored much than 90 goals successful his clip successful the Danish Superliga, Turkish league and English Championship. – Litman

Alex Zendejas | No. 26

Did You Know: Zendejas grew up successful El Paso, Texas, and represented the U.S. astatine younker level. In 2015, helium was teammates with aboriginal nationalist squad mainstays Tyler Adams and Christian Pulisic astatine the CONCACAF U-17 Championship. 

Stat: Zendejas was a Liga MX All-Star successful 2025 and besides named to the CONCACAF Champions Cup Best XI successful 2024. He's won 4 Liga MX titles — 3 with América and 1 with bitter rivals Chivas. – McIntyre

Tyler Adams | No. 4

Age: 27
Club: AFC Bournemouth (English Premier League)

Tyler Adams is the heartbeat of this team. When helium was conscionable 23 years old, Adams captained the squad done the 2022 World Cup, and was ever awesome during high-stakes moments during the tournament. Adams tells it similar it is, beryllium it successful the property league oregon successful the locker room, and holds his teammates accountable. He’s relentless, demands the champion from his squad and is the squad's toughest player. He’s a pest connected the tract and does his damnedest to marque it intolerable for opponents to get by him and is ever going to conflict for 50–50 balls. 

Did You Know: Adams has 2 sons nether the property of three.

Stat: Adams was named U.S. Soccer Player of the Year successful 2022, and has made much than 150 combined appearances successful the Premier League and Bundesliga. – Litman

Sebastian Berhalter | No. 14

Age: 25
Club: Vancouver Whitecaps (Major League Soccer)

At archetypal glance, you mightiness conscionable deliberation of Sebastian Berhalter arsenic erstwhile U.S. subordinate and manager Gregg Berhalter’s son. But he’s made his ain sanction quickly, particularly erstwhile it comes to acceptable pieces. Berhalter takes pinpoint corners and flawless escaped kicks. He laughs erstwhile radical inquire what the instrumentality is to his service, but his reply is ever the same, and it’s uncomplicated: helium conscionable works hard. Which makes consciousness for idiosyncratic similar Berhalter, who is truthful meticulous and peculiar erstwhile it comes to his mentation and routine. 

He was calved successful London erstwhile his begetter was a subordinate for English nine Crystal Palace. Sebastian was besides portion of the Columbus Crew academy, wherever Gregg was manager of the MLS club. 

Did You Know: Four years ago, Sebastian was astatine the 2022 World Cup successful the U.S. Soccer Friends and Family Program portion his dada was coaching the team. Now they’ve fundamentally swapped places with Sebastian connected the tract and his dada cheering successful the stands. 

Stat: Berhalter was named an MLS All-Star successful 2025, making 47 appearances and scoring 8 goals past season. – Litman

Weston McKennie | No. 8

Age: 27
Club: Juventus (Italian Serie A)

A starter successful each 4 U.S. games astatine Qatar 2022, McKennie heads into his 2nd World Cup arsenic arguably America’s champion shot subordinate coming disconnected a career-best play successful Italy. The rangy Texan ne'er stops running. His agelong throw-ins are de facto acceptable plays, and helium is particularly adept astatine arriving arsenic a precocious runner into the container and scoring; spot his opener against Belgium successful March oregon the 9 helium bagged successful astir 40 games for Juventus successful 2025-26. 

Did You Know: The lad of an Air Force officer, McKennie was calved successful Washington authorities and spent 4 years of his puerility surviving successful Kaiserslautern, Germany, portion his begetter was stationed astatine Ramstein Air Base nearby. He met U.S. legends Landon Donovan and Carlos Bocanegra determination successful 2006, erstwhile the American squad played a affable determination up of that year’s World Cup successful Germany. 

Stat: McKennie has made much than 220 appearances for Juventus since joining the nine successful 2020, with much than 50 extremity contributions successful that span. – McIntyre

Gio Reyna | No. 7

Age: 23
Club: Borussia Mönchengladbach (German Bundesliga)

The silky creaseless attacker and onetime teenage prodigy – Reyna turned 20 portion the U.S. squad was preparing for its archetypal crippled astatine the past World Cup successful Qatar – has been beset by wounded implicit the past 4 years. He’s featured sparingly astatine nine level arsenic a result, including this season. After leaving Borussia Dortmund past summer, helium was constricted to conscionable 4 starts during this Bundesliga season. 

Reyna inactive managed to assistance the U.S. triumph CONCACAF Nations League titles successful 2023 and 2024 and started each 3 games for the Stars and Stripes 2 years agone astatine Copa América. He besides scored successful his archetypal lucifer nether Pochettino, a 2-1 triumph past November against Paraguay – the Americans’ opening hostile astatine this World Cup. 

Did You Know: The lad of two-time U.S. World Cup skipper Claudio and erstwhile U.S. women’s nationalist squad winger Danielle Egan, Reyna credits his emotion of shot to his older brother, Jack, who died of crab astatine 13 successful 2012. "Some radical deliberation that my dada made maine a bully player,"  Reyna told the Players Tribune successful 2020. "But erstwhile I was increasing up successful Manchester, wherever Dad was playing for Manchester City, the 1 who ever played with maine successful the backyard was Jack."

Stat: Reyna has scored 9 goals for the nationalist squad successful 36 appearances. – McIntyre

Cristian Roldan | No. 15

Age: 30
Club: Seattle Sounders (Major League Soccer)

Pochettino erstwhile told reporters that Christian Roldan is the "perfect player" due to the fact that helium "has a small spot of everything." Asked wherefore helium thinks the U.S. manager views him that way, Roldan said helium thinks it’s due to the fact that he’s ever ready. "I got connected the quickest flight, dropped immoderate I was doing," Roldan said of erstwhile helium was called successful by Pochettino past fall. "I instrumentality a batch of pridefulness successful what I bash each time and truthful erstwhile my sanction was called upon, I was ready. And I deliberation helium appreciated that. It truly meant the world, I think, to him staying acceptable adjacent though my sanction wasn’t connected a preliminary roster." 

Did You Know: Roldan was portion of the 2022 World Cup roster, but didn’t play. He said it was a "huge honor" to beryllium there, but it was hard to ticker from the bench. "It was my imagination to marque the World Cup," Roldan said successful March. "I person truthful overmuch acquisition astatine the nine level, and I was conscionable acceptable for that accidental to come. And whether it comes this World Cup oregon not, you know, it inactive pains maine that I didn’t spot the field. As a professional, arsenic a competitor, that’s what you want. You privation to beryllium successful those unit moments. But I was thankful to beryllium there."

Stat: Roldan has made 45 appearances for the nationalist team.  – Litman

Malik Tillman | No. 17

Age: 23
Club: Bayer Leverkusen (German Bundesliga)

It was astir precisely 4 years agone erstwhile Malik Tillman was officially cleared to correspond the U.S. aft FIFA approved his one-time power from Germany. Tillman, whose parent is from Germany and begetter is from the U.S., grew up playing successful the Bayern Munich academy. He debuted for the U.S. squad connected June 1, 2022, and has made 28 appearances since then. While helium didn’t marque the 2022 World Cup roster, he’s featured much with the squad since Pochettino became manager and was connected a blistery streak past summertime during the Gold Cup erstwhile helium scored 3 goals. 

Did You Know: Tillman played alongside U.S. teammate Chris Richards successful the Bayern Munich academy. In addition, his brother, Timothy Tillman, has besides represented the U.S. men's nationalist team. 

Stat: Tillman has recorded much than 50 extremity contributions successful the past 3 seasons for PSV and Bayer Leverkusen. – Litman

Max Arfsten | No. 18

Age: 25
Club: Columbus Crew (Major League Soccer)

Max Arfsten is different subordinate who has made a lasting content connected Pochettino. The left-back earned his archetypal headdress with the elder squad successful January 2025 and has made 18 appearances and scored 1 extremity since then. Arfsten has had to emergence rapidly wrong the squad, earning playing clip astatine near backmost portion regular starter Antonee "Jedi" Robinson was retired of the squad owed to injury. Arfsten has made the astir of his accidental and earned a spot connected his archetypal World Cup roster.

Did You Know: During the offseason, Arfsten partners with the gym Core 3 Method successful his hometown of Fresno to play shot with kids and adults with disabilities. "I spell determination to springiness backmost to my community," Arfsten said successful an interrogation with the section CBS outlet earlier this year. "I’m a large advocator for giving backmost to my assemblage wherever I’m from. It’s a beauteous underserved community, and I bask utilizing the level that I person to person a affirmative impact." 

Stat: Arfsten was named an MLS All-Star successful 2025, making 37 appearances and signaling 7 goals on with six assists. – Litman

Sergiño Dest | No. 2

Did You Know: In an effort to recreate the streetball benignant helium learned arsenic a youth, Dest utilized his ain wealth to physique Sergiño Dest Court successful his hometown of Almere. "It's small, truthful you tin spell unsocial oregon with a mates friends, and you larn however to not conscionable [boot] the shot guardant and run. You person to power it successful choky spaces," he told maine of the thought down the installation earlier it opened 2 years ago. "I consciousness similar immoderate skills are getting slowly, dilatory retired of the game…it's a mode to get each these skills."

Stat: Dest was named the U.S. Soccer Young Male Athlete of the Year successful 2019, and was besides named the Ajax Talent of the Year successful 2020 — besides known arsenic the Marco van Basten award. – McIntyre

Alex Freeman | No. 16

Age: 21
Club: Villarreal (Spanish La Liga)

Alex Freeman hasn’t adjacent been portion of the U.S. elder squad for a afloat year. The 21-year-old fullback made his debut connected June 7, 2025, successful a affable vs. Türkiye up of the Gold Cup. His show passim that summer’s tourney impressed Pochettino truthful overmuch that helium became a regular successful the squad. Freeman was portion of MLS nine Orlando City from 2022-26 earlier making a large determination to Europe and joining Villarreal earlier this year. While helium hasn’t breached into the starting lineup connected a regular basis, helium did question proposal from Pochettino earlier moving overseas and decided this would beryllium the champion determination for his vocation successful the agelong run. 

Did You Know: His father, Antonio Freeman, played wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers and helped the squad triumph a Super Bowl. In retirement, he’s turned into his son’s No. 1 fan. "When I was younger, I played each the sports and erstwhile it came time, I chose [soccer] and I consciousness similar helium was supporting maine the full time," the younger Freeman told maine past June astir choosing fútbol implicit football. 

Stat: Freeman was named an MLS All-Star successful 2025 and besides selected arsenic the MLS Young Player of the Year.  – Litman

Mark McKenzie | No. 22

Did You Know: A guardant arsenic a youth, McKenzie grew up watching Arsenal and idolized French World Cup victor (and existent FOX analyst) Thierry Henry. "Getting to conscionable him was truly special," McKenzie told maine successful March. They met "when helium was coaching Montreal successful 2020, my past play with the Union. I besides met him unofficially astatine a New York Red Bulls crippled backmost erstwhile I was 12. Got a accidental to get a garment signed by him." 

Stat: McKenzie was named to the 2020 MLS Best XI anterior to his determination to Europe. – McIntyre

Tim Ream | No. 13

Age: 38
Club: Charlotte FC (Major League Soccer)

Tim Ream is the oldest subordinate connected the squad. The seasoned seasoned started each lucifer and played each infinitesimal astatine halfway backmost during the 2022 World Cup, and has a glimmering nine résumé that includes a nine-year play wherever helium featured prominently astatine Fulham. He near the Premier League nine arsenic a legend, making 312 appearances for the Cottagers, which was much than immoderate different subordinate successful the 21st period too skipper Tom Cairney. Ream is simply a tremendous plus for the U.S., wherever helium takes connected the relation of a composed and reliable person who serves arsenic an anchor for a young group.

Did You Know: While Pochettino has yet to denote who volition skipper the U.S. this summer, Ream has a bully shot. He’s worn the armband successful astir each lucifer he’s played nether this coaching staff. 

Stat: In his career, Ream made 97 appearances successful the Premier League and was named Player of the Year doubly astatine Bolton and erstwhile astatine Fulham.  – Litman

Chris Richards | No. 3

Did You Know: The lad of a former nonrecreational hoops player, Richards present stands 6-foot-2. That wasn’t ever the case. "I was astir apt 5-foot-5, 140 pounds, soaking bedewed until I was 16," helium told maine past October.  That summer, I astir apt grew 5 to six inches and gained 40 pounds." 

Stat: Chris Richards was named to the 2025 Gold Cup Best XI of the Tournament. He, alongside existent U.S. teammate Matt Turner, joined erstwhile the legendary Tim Howard arsenic lone 3 USA players to beryllium FA Cup winners. – McIntyre

Antonee "Jedi" Robinson | No. 5

Age: 28
Club: Fulham (English Premier League)

Robinson is 1 of the astir important players connected this U.S. team. He started each lucifer of the 2022 World Cup, was considered the champion near backmost successful the Premier League past twelvemonth and was voted U.S. Soccer’s Male Player of the Year successful 2024. Robinson has experienced injuries and setbacks implicit the past twelvemonth and told reporters successful March that astatine 1 constituent helium feared helium wouldn’t marque it backmost successful clip for this summer’s World Cup. But Robinson is afloat acceptable and successful signifier present for some nine and country. And it’s a bully thing, due to the fact that arsenic teammate Tim Ream said past camp, he’s "extremely hard to replace."

Did You Know: Robinson has gone by the nickname "Jedi" since helium was a kid. The reason? He loved Star Wars and utilized to formal up arsenic characters. The delightful moniker has stuck with him ever since.

Stat: Robinson was named the Fulham Player of the Season successful the 2023-24 campaign, and besides named the U.S. Soccer Player of the Year successful 2025.  – Litman

Miles Robinson | No. 12

Age: 29
Club: FC Cincinnati (Major League Soccer)

The 6-foot-2 halfway backmost was projected arsenic a imaginable starter earlier the past World Cup successful Qatar, lone to endure an Achilles rupture up of the tournament. Four years on, Robinson is headed to his archetypal World Cup. The fleet-footed erstwhile Syracuse University standout has made 38 planetary appearances for the Stars and Stripes, and helium scored the extra-time extremity successful the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup last that won the U.S. the rubric implicit main rival Mexico. Robinson besides has won an MLS Cup, successful 2018 with Atlanta United, wherever helium spent 7 seasons earlier signing with FCC 2 years agone arsenic a escaped agent. Robinson is the highest paid defender successful MLS astatine astir $4 million, according to the MLS Players Association.  

Did You Know: Named aft Jazz fable Miles Davis, Robinson’s father, Jeff, is simply a nonrecreational musician. 

Stat: Robinson has done tons of winning. He was connected the American squads that hoisted the CONCACAF Nations League trophy successful 2023 and 2024, and besides claimed the Campeones Cup and U.S. Open Cup during his clip with Atlanta. – McIntyre

Joe Scally | No. 23

Age: 23
Club: Borussia Mönchengladbach (German Bundesliga)

The versatile 23-year-old isn’t arsenic attack-minded arsenic the fleet-footed likes of Sergiño Dest, Alex Freeman oregon Tim Weah. But the stay-at-home defender gives Pochettino options. Although he’s people a close back, Scally has top-level acquisition arsenic a near back, halfway backmost and adjacent astatine antiaircraft midfielder. Before moving overseas, the Long Island autochthonal played for MLS broadside NYCFC and was successful the Pigeons’ academy with existent nine and U.S. teammate Gio Reyna. 

Did You Know: In May, Scally became the youngest non-German subordinate to play 150 games successful the Bundesliga – each with ‘Gladbach. He was besides the youngest subordinate of the USA’s 2022 squad, astatine conscionable 19. 

Stat: Scally made 34 appearances for 'Gladbach past season. – McIntyre

Auston Trusty | No. 6

Age: 27
Club: Celtic (Scottish Premiership)

Timing tin beryllium everything erstwhile it comes to the World Cup. Take Trusty, who’s played successful the Premier League and Champions League but who has made conscionable six U.S. appearances since his 2023 debut. He wasn’t adjacent playing for Celtic midseason, but the left-footed defender – different Philadelphia Union merchandise – impressed versus Portugal successful March past helped the Hoops triumph the Scottish rubric connected the last time of the season. In the end, that was capable to gain him 1 of Pochettino’s 26 aureate tickets. 

Did You Know: Trusty committed to playing for NCAA powerhouse University of North Carolina but elected to motion a homegrown declaration with the Union instead. Before joining Celtic successful 2023, helium appeared successful 33 Premier League matches for Sheffield United. 

Stat: Trusty has won 2 Scottish Premiership titles with Celtic. – McIntyre

Chris Brady | No. 25

Did You Know: He’s World Cup-bound now. But little than 2 years ago, Brady was unceremoniously chopped from the U.S. squad that competed astatine the 2024 Summer Olympics successful Paris – a squad reserved astir exclusively for players 23 years aged oregon younger, with conscionable 3 overage spots permitted connected the 18-man roster. 

Stat: Brady recorded six cleanable sheets past play successful MLS play. – McIntyre   

Matt Freese | No. 24

Age: 27
Club: New York City FC (Major League Soccer)

This clip a twelvemonth ago, the Harvard postgraduate had ne'er logged a infinitesimal for the elder U.S. nationalist team. Fast guardant 12 months, and Freese is acceptable to commencement for the Americans astatine soccer’s highest level. This singular ascent began with his prima crook astatine past summer's CONCACAF Gold Cup, wherever "Matty Ice" prevailed successful a punishment shootout implicit a Costa Rica squad led by Real Madrid fable Keylor Navas. He finished the twelvemonth with 12 consecutive starts for his country, and was superb successful a pre-World Cup tuneup successful March contempt a 2-0 nonaccomplishment to Portugal. 

Did You Know: High accomplishment runs successful his family. His father, Dr. Andrew Freese, who died of crab successful 2021, was a pioneering gene-therapy researcher who earned his PhD successful neurobiology from MIT, portion his gramps Jack Geary was an AFL backmost and Air Force pilot. Freese honors the second by wearing No. 49 for NYCFC. 

Stat: Freese was named a finalist for the 2025 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year award. – McIntyre

Matt Turner | No. 1

Age: 28
Club: New England Revolution (Major League Soccer)

Matt Turner started each lucifer for the U.S. astatine the 2022 World Cup successful Qatar. He remained the Americans’ No. 1 up until Matt Freese unseated him conscionable earlier the 2025 Gold Cup. Turner, a resilient subordinate who ne'er gives up connected anything, is inactive warring to beryllium himself to U.S. manager Mauricio Pochettino and his staff. On the nine front, Turner took a circuit passim respective Premier League teams, playing for Arsenal, Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace. He joined French nine Lyon past summer, but was rapidly loaned retired to the Revs a mates months later, wherever helium has been the starting goalkeeper ever since.   

Did You Know: Turner didn’t adjacent commencement playing shot until helium was a teenager. He ended up playing astatine Fairfield University and portion helium wasn’t selected successful the 2016 MLS Draft, helium made an content during a preseason proceedings with the Revs and soon thereafter signed a declaration with the club.

Stat: Turner has made 57 appearances for the nationalist team, with 27 cleanable sheets. – Litman