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The United States’ 26-man squad for this summer’s World Cup has been made official, pinch nan team’s caput coach, Mauricio Pochettino, making nan announcement successful a unrecorded tv arena from Pier 17 successful Manhattan connected Tuesday afternoon.
The roster matches the 1 exclusively revealed by nan Guardian connected Saturday.
The astir notable omission is Real Salt Lake midfielder Diego Luna, who has earned nan second-most minutes of immoderate attacking subordinate complete nan people of Pochettino’s tenure. Also coming arsenic surprises were nan exclusions of cardinal midfielders Tanner Tessmann and Aidan Morris, and nan inclusion of Club América winger Alejandro Zendejas, who has played conscionable 139 minutes complete Pochettino’s 19 months successful charge.
Outside those decisions, nan roster offers fewer surprises. The US had nan second-youngest squad astatine nan Qatar World Cup successful 2022, and that spine – including Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie, Tyler Adams, Chris Richards and Tim Weah – is backmost for this summer’s tournament. The roster includes 13 players pinch World Cup experience, and an adjacent number of debutants.
“We are assured this is nan champion group of 26 players to thief america execute occurrence astatine nan World Cup,” Pochettino said. “These were very difficult decisions, and we are thankful to each nan players who were portion of this journey. This group is very focused and fresh to springiness everything they person to correspond nan United States and present performances that will make nan fans and nan state proud.”
The last squad comes aft a compressed World Cup cycle, pinch Pochettino calling successful 61 players during his clip successful charge. The players compete successful 16 different leagues spanning 12 countries.
Next up for nan US roster: a travel to nan recently opened National Training Center successful Fayetteville, Georgia, wherever they will hole for a World Cup warm-up against Senegal successful Charlotte, North Carolina connected 31 May. The squad will past return to Georgia for a 2nd limb of training earlier departing for a friends against Germany connected 6 June successful Chicago. They get astatine their World Cup training guidelines successful Orange County, California, connected 7 June.
The US unfastened nan World Cup connected 12 June against Paraguay successful Inglewood, California, followed by a crippled against Australia connected 19 June successful Seattle. They adjacent nan group shape connected 25 June against Turkey successful Inglewood.
Full 2026 US World Cup roster
Goalkeepers: Chris Brady (Chicago Fire; 0 caps, 0 goals), Matt Freese (New York City FC; 14/0), Matt Turner (New England Revolution; 53/0).
Defenders: Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew; 18/1), Sergiño Dest (PSV Eindhoven; 37/2), Alex Freeman (Villarreal; 15/2), Mark McKenzie (Toulouse; 27/0), Tim Ream (Charlotte FC; 80/1), Chris Richards (Crystal Palace; 36/3), Antonee Robinson (Fulham; 52/4), Miles Robinson (FC Cincinnati; 38/3), Joe Scally (Borussia Mönchengladbach; 24/0), Auston Trusty (Celtic; 6/0).
Midfielders: Tyler Adams (Bournemouth; 52/2), Sebastian Berhalter (Vancouver Whitecaps; 11/1), Weston McKennie (Juventus; 64/12), Gio Reyna (Borussia Mönchengladbach; 36/9), Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders; 45/0), Malik Tillman (Bayer Leverkusen; 28/3).
Forwards: Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United; 57/9), Folarin Balogun (Monaco; 25/8), Ricardo Pepi (PSV Eindhoven; 35/13), Christian Pulisic (Milan; 84/32), Tim Weah (Marseille; 49/7), Haji Wright (Coventry City; 20/7). Alejandro Zendejas (Club América; 13/2).
