Tonight’s USMNT starting line-up against Grenada: 1-Matt Turner, 5-Antone Robinson, 7-Paul Ariola, 8-Weston McKenny (leader), 9-Jesus Ferreira, 13-Jordan Morre, 14-Lou -Aaron Long, 20-Cameron Carter-Vickers, 22-Reggie Cannon, 23-Kellyn Acosta
Alternates: 12-Sean Johnson, 18-Ethan Horvath, 2-DeAndre Yedlin, 3-Walker Zimmerman, 4-Joe Scally, 6-Yunus Musah, 10-Cristian Roldan, 11-Brenden Aaronson, 16-George, BelloMalik, 17- George Tillman, 19-Haji Wright, 21-Tim Weah
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USMNT Starting XI Cap Numbers (including this race): Kellyn Acosta (52), Jordan Morris (47), Paul Arriola (46), Weston McKennie (34), Antonee Robinson (28), Reggie Cannon (26), Aaron Long (26), Matt Turner (18), Jesus Ferreira (12), Cameron Carter-Vickers (10), Luca de la Torre (10)
USMNT Starting XI Cap Numbers in the official event (including this match): Kellyn Acosta (33), Paul Arriola (31), Jordan Morris (27), Weston McKennie (19), Reggie Cannon (15), Antonee Robinson (15) , Matt Turner (15), Aaron Long (11), Jesús Ferreira (7), Luca de la Torre (5), Cameron Carter-Vickers (1) USMNT Starting XI Cap Numbers in the Concacaf Nations League (including this match): Weston McKennie (7), Paul Arriola (5), Jordan Morris (5), Reggie Cannon (5), Aaron Long (4), Kellyn Acosta (3 ), Antonee Robinson (2), Cameron Carter-Vickers (1), Luca de la Torre (1), Jesús Ferreira (1), Matt Turner (1) Tonight’s starting lineup averages 25 years and 235 days. The USMNT squad has an average of 27 appearances and 15 appearances in official matches. Greg Berhalter makes eight changes to the USMNT squad that started Sunday’s draw against Uruguay, with defender Aaron Long, midfielder Weston McKinney and striker Jesus Ferreira. Striker Jordan Morris and midfielder Kelin Acosta make their first appearances in the June window. Jordan Morris led all the US players with four assists and tied the team lead with Weston McKinney with four goals scored during the Concacaf Nations League 2019-21. Weston McKennie is the leader of the USMNT for the third time tonight and for the first time since the 2-1 defeat in Switzerland on May 30, 2021. McKennie is the only US player to have appeared in all six CNL 2019-21 games. Goalkeeper Matt Turner returns between sticks in his third appearance for the USMNT at the Q2 Stadium in Austin. Turner won the Budweiser Man of the Match Award for his performance with three rebounds in the US 1-0 win over Qatar in last year’s Gold Cup semifinal on July 29, 2021. He kept another intact in the team’s 2-0 victory. -0 vs. Jamaica in the FIFA 2022 World Cup Qualifiers on October 7, 2021. Making his 10th appearance tonight, center back Cameron Carter-Vickers wins his first appearance in official matches. The Cameron Carter-Vickers and Aaron Long duo are the 20th different center-back pair under USMNT coach Gregg Berhalter. Also making his 10th appearance tonight, Luca de la Torre wins his third start for the USMNT. Ready to celebrate his 24th birthday on Saturday, right-back Reggie Cannon starts the second camp in June tonight. Canon also started the 3-0 victory over Morocco on June 1 in Cincinnati. Five players with ties to the state of Texas start for the USA tonight. Kellyn Acosta (Plano, Texas), Reggie Cannon (Grapevine, Texas) and Jesús Ferreira (McKinney, Texas) are all products of the FC Dallas Academy who continued to play for the club’s first team. Weston McKennie (Little Elm, Texas) also played for FC Dallas Academy before signing with German Bundesliga Schalke in 2016, while striker Paul Arriola joined the club earlier this season. With teams limited to 23 players, defender Erik Palmer-Brown (sore thigh pain), midfielder Tyler Adams (coach decision) and striker Christian Pulisic (coach decision) are not part of tonight’s squad. Teams are allowed to make five changes at three different times. The USA is 3-0-0 of all time against Grenada. The teams played a series of home and away games during the 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, with the United States winning 3-0 on June 13, 2004 at Columbus, Ohio, before winning 3-2 away on June 20. 2004 in Grenada of Agios Georgios. The last meeting took place in the opening match of the 2009 Concacaf Gold Cup, with the USA coming away with a 4-0 victory on July 4 in Seattle. The USMNT is 2-0-0 all season at the Q2 Stadium in Austin. The team won a 1-0 victory over Qatar in the Concacaf Gold Cup Semifinals on July 29, 2021 and a 2-0 victory over Jamaica in the FIFA 2022 World Cup Qualifiers on October 7, 2021. The referee of today’s match is Hector St. Martinez from Honduras. He has refereed four USMNT matches in the past: a 0-0 draw against Bosnia and Herzegovina (January 28, 2018, Friendly), a 6-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago (June 22, 2019; Concacaf Gold Cup), a 7-0 win over Trinidad and Trinidad. (January 31, 2021, Friendly), 1-0 victory against Haiti (July 11, 2021; Concacaf Gold Cup).
