International Friendlies 1 June 2022 TQL Stadium; Cincinnati, Ohio Pre-game coverage: 7pm ET on ESPN2, UniMás and TUDNKickoff: 7:30 pm ET on ESPN2, UniMás and TUDNSocial Media: @USMNT on Twitter and Instagram; American Football on Facebook, the US football app
Tonight USMNT Starting XI against Morocco: 1-Matt Turner; 22-Reggie Cannon, 3-Walker Zimmerman, 15-Aaron Long, 5-Anthony Robinson; 4-Tyler Adams, 11-Brendan Aaronson, 6-Yunus Musa; 21-Tim Wea, 9-Jesus Ferreira, 10-Christian Pulisic (Capt.)
Substitutes: 25-Sean Johnson, 2-DeAndre Yedlin, 7-Paul Ariola, 8-Weston McKenney, 12-Eric Palmer-Brown, 14-Luca de la Torre, 16-Christian Roldan, 17-Malik Tillman, 19-Hadji U ., 20-Cameron Carter-Vickers, 24-George Bello, 29-Joe Scully
GAME NOTES FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MOROCCO
- USMNT Starting XI Cap Numbers (including this match): Christian Pulisic (49), Walker Zimmerman (29), Tyler Adams (28), Antonee Robinson (26), Reggie Cannon (25), Aaron Long (24), Tim Weah 23), Brendan Aaronson (19), Yunus Musa (17), Matt Turner (17), Jesus Ferreira (10)
- Tonight’s Starting XI has an average age of 25 years and 35 days.
- The USMNT lineup averages 23 games.
- Six players kicked off the last US game on March 30 in Costa Rica: defenders Walker Zimmerman and Anthony Robinson, midfielders Tyler Adams and Yunus Musa and strikers Christian Pulisic and Tim Weah. Striker Jesus Ferreira also came off the bench in this match.
- Central defender Aaron Long won his first start after a 2-1 victory in Northern Ireland on March 28, 2021. After recovering from the Achilles tear he suffered in May 2021, Long returned to the team during the March window. making two matches as reserves in a draw 0-0 against Mexico and a 5-1 victory against Panama.
- Goalkeeper Matt Turner, defender Reggie Cannon and midfielder Brendan Aaronson are also back after missing through the March window. The trio last appeared in a 3-0 victory over Honduras on February 2, with Turner and Cannon starting the match and Aaronson coming off the bench in the 76th minute.
- Turner has conceded just six goals in 16 appearances since making his USMNT debut last July. With 11 clean-ups in his career, the 27-year-old is now on par with Arnie Mauser for the sixth-ever USMNT exclusion list.
- After playing on the wing for most of last year, Brendan Aaronson has been in the midfield for the first time since qualifying for the World Cup on September 2, 2021 in El Salvador.
- Anthony Robinson is the only player to start all seven USMNT games in 2022. Robinson has started each of the last 10 games he has been in camp, missing only the 1-0 victory against Bosnia and Herzegovina during the training camp. of the team last December.
- Captain of the country for the ninth time tonight, Christian Pulisic is the second starter to appear in all seven games for the United States in 2022. Pulisic noted that he was the winner of the game in the first appearance of the team at TQL Stadium, coming to Victory 2-0 in the qualifiers against Mexico last November.
- Aaron Long and Walker Zimmerman pair up in central defense for the first time since their 1-0 win over Costa Rica on February 1, 2020. USMNT was 6-1-0 when they teamed up together.
- Three deputies can make their USMNT debut tonight: defender Joe Scully, midfielder Malik Tillman and striker Hadji Wright.
- A total of 53 players have earned their debuts in the senior team in 50 games under Greg Berhalter, which puts him in third place after Bruce Arena (89 debuts in 159 games) and Bob Bradley (60 debuts in 80 games).
- Midfielder Kelin Acosta, goalkeeper Ethan Horvath and striker Jordan Morris are not dressed for tonight’s match. The teams are allowed six shifts.
- The United States is 0-3-0 for all time against Morocco. In the last match, USMNT lost 1-0 in the 90th minute in a warm-up match of the World Cup on May 23, 2006 in Nashville, Tennessee.
- The referee of the match tonight is Ismael Cornejo from El Salvador. He previously led the USMNT 2-1 friendly against Ghana on July 1, 2017 in East Hartford, Connecticut.
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