League of Nations Concacaf: USA vs. Grenada

COMPOSITION NOTESUSMNT v Grenada2022-23 Concacaf Nations League Group Stage Match № 1 10 June 2022 Q2 Stadium; Austin, Texas Pre-game coverage: 9:30 pm ET on ESPN +, UniMás, TUDNKickoff: 10:00 pm ET on ESPN +, UniMás, TUDNSocial Media: @USMNT on Twitter and Instagram; American Football on Facebook, the US football app

Tonight USMNT Starting XI against Grenada: 1-Matt Turner, 5-Anthony Robinson, 7-Paul Ariola, 8-Weston McKenney (captain), 9-Jesus Ferreira, 13-Jordan Morris, 14-Luca de la Torre, 15 – Aaron Long, 20-Cameron Carter-Vickers, 22-Reggie Cannon, 23-Kelin Acosta

Substitutes: 12-Sean Johnson, 18-Ethan Horvath, 2-DeAndre Yedlin, 3-Walker Zimmerman, 4-Joe Scully, 6-Yunus Musa, 10-Christian Roldan, 11-Brendan Aronson, 16-George Bello, 16-George Belo, Tillman, 19-Hadji Wright, 21-Tim Weah

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• USMNT Starting XI Cap Numbers (including this match): 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 official competition (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), Jesus 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) , Anthony Robinson (2), Cameron Carter-Vickers (1), Luca de la Torre (1), Jesus Ferreira (1), Matt Turner (1)
• Tonight’s Starting XI has an average age of 25 years and 235 days.
• The USMNT team has an average of 27 matches and 15 participations in official competitions.
• Greg Berhalter is making eight changes to the USMNT, which began Sunday’s draw against Uruguay, with defender Aaron Long, midfielder Weston McKenna and striker Jesus Ferreira remaining.
• Striker Jordan Morris and midfielder Kelin Acosta make their first window appearances in June.
• Jordan Morris led all American players with four assists and tied for the team’s lead with Weston McKennay with four goals scored during the League of Nations in Concacaf 2019-21,
• Weston McKenney is the captain of the USMNT for the third time tonight and for the first time since losing 2-1 to Switzerland on May 30, 2021. McKenney is the only US player to play in all six CNL 2019-21 games.
• Goalkeeper Matt Turner is back among the sticks in his third USMNT appearance at Q2 Stadium in Austin. Turner won the Budweiser Man of the Match award for his three-save performance in the 1-0 U.S. win over Qatar in last year’s Gold Cup semifinals on July 29, 2021. He kept another clean net in the win. the 2-0 team against Jamaica in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers on October 7, 2021.
• Making his 10th appearance tonight, center-back Cameron Carter-Vickers won his first official appearance.
• The duo of Cameron Carter-Vickers and Aaron Long is the 20th different center-back under USMNT head coach Greg Berhalter.
• Also making his 10th appearance tonight, Luca de la Torre won his third start for USMNT.
• Tuned to celebrate his 24th birthday on Saturday, right-back Reggie Cannon gets his second start at the June camp tonight. Cannon also started the 3-0 victory against Morocco on June 1 in Cincinnati.
• Five players with ties to the state of Texas start for the United States tonight. Kelin Acosta (Plano, Texas), Reggie Cannon (Grapevine, Texas) and Jesus Ferreira (McKinney, Texas) are all products of the Dallas FC Academy, which continued to play for the club’s first team. Weston McKenney (Little Elm, Texas) also played for the Dallas FC Academy before signing with German Bundesliga Schalke in 2016, while striker Paul Ariola joined the club earlier this season.
• With teams limited to 23 players, defender Eric Palmer-Brown (hamstring pain), midfielder Tyler Adams (coach’s decision) and striker Christian Pulisic (coach’s decision) are not part of tonight’s squad. Teams are allowed to make five shifts at three different times.
• The United States is 3-0-0 for all time against Grenada. The teams played a series as hosts and guests during the preliminary round of qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, with the United States winning 3-0 on June 13, 2004 in Columbus, Ohio, before winning 3-2 on the road. June 20, 2004 in Saint George Grenada. The last meeting came in the opening match of the 2009 Concacaf Golden Cup, with the United States winning 4-0 on July 4 in Seattle.
• USMNT is 2-0-0 for all time at Austin Q2 Stadium. The team won 1-0 against Qatar in the semifinals of the Concacaf Gold Cup on July 29, 2021 and a 2-0 victory against Jamaica in the qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup on October 7, 2021.
• The referee in charge of tonight’s game is Hector Said Martinez from Honduras. He has previously led four USMNT matches: a 0-0 draw against Bosnia and Herzegovina (28 January 2018; Friendlies), a 6-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago (22 June 2019; Concacaf Gold Cup), 7 -0 victory against Trinidad and Tobago (31 January 2021; Friendly Games), 1-0 victory against Haiti (11 July 2021; Concacaf Gold Cup).