ALIGNMENT NOTESUSMNT vs Grenada2022-23 Concacaf Nations League Group Stage Match no. 1 June 10, 2022 Stage Q2; Austin, Texas Pre-Game Coverage: 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN +, UniMás, TUDNKickoff: 10:00 pm ET on ESPN +, UniMás, TUDNMedia Social: @USMNT on Twitter and Instagram; US Soccer on Facebook, the US Soccer app
XI USMNT start tonight against Granada: 1-Matt Turner, 5-Antonee Robinson, 7-Paul Arriola, 8-Weston McKennie (cap.), 9-Jesus Ferreira, 13-Jordan Morris, 14-Luca de la Torre , 15 -Aaron Long, 20-Cameron Carter-Vickers, 22-Reggie Cannon, 23-Kellyn Acosta
Substitutes: 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 Bello, 17-Malik Tillman, 19-Haji Wright, 21-Tim Weah
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- USMNT starting eleven 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 eleven 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), Jesús Ferreira (7), Luca de la Torre (5), Cameron Carter-Vickers (1)
- USMNT starting eleven numbers in the CONCACAF League of Nations (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), Jesus Ferreira (1), Matt Turner (1)
- Tonight’s starting eleven has an average age of 25 years, 235 days.
- The USMNT lineup has an average of 27 games and 15 appearances in official competition.
- Gregg Berhalter makes eight changes to the USMNT lineup that began Sunday’s draw against Uruguay, with defender Aaron Long, midfielder Weston McKennie and striker Jesus Ferreira remaining.
- Forward Jordan Morris and midfielder Kellyn Acosta make their first appearances in the June window.
- Jordan Morris led all four American players with four assists and tied the team lead with Weston McKennie with four goals scored during the 2019-21 CONCACAF Nations League.
- Weston McKennie leads the USMNT for the third time tonight and for the first time since a 2-1 defeat in Switzerland on May 30, 2021. McKennie is the only American player to have played in all six CNL games. 2019-21.
- Goalkeeper Matt Turner returns between the posts in his third USMNT appearance at Austin’s Q2 Stadium. Turner won the Budweiser Man of the Match honors for his three-stop performance in the 1-0 U.S. victory over Qatar during last year’s Gold Cup semifinal on July 29, 2021. He kept another goal blank in the team’s 2-0 win over Jamaica in the 2022 FIFA World Cup 2022 World Cup qualifier on October 7, 2021.
- With his 10th appearance tonight, center Cameron Carter-Vickers gets his first head in official competition.
- The duo of Cameron Carter-Vickers and Aaron Long are the twenty different central defense pair under USMNT head coach Gregg Berhalter.
- Luca de la Torre, who is also making his 10th appearance tonight, gets his third outing for the USMNT.
- Ready to celebrate its 24th anniversary on Saturday, right-back Reggie Cannon begins his second June camp tonight. Cannon also started the 3-0 win over Morocco on June 1 in Cincinnati.
- Five Texas-linked players start in the U.S. tonight. Kellyn Acosta (Plano, Texas), Reggie Cannon (Grapevine, Texas) and Jesus Ferreira (McKinney, Texas) are all FC Dallas Academy products that went on to play for the club’s first team. Weston McKennie (Little Elm, Texas) also played for FC Dallas Academy before signing with German Bundesliga side Schalke in 2016, while striker Paul Arriola joined the club earlier this season.
- With teams limited to 23 players, defender Erik Palmer-Brown (hamstring pain), midfielder Tyler Adams (coach’s decision) and striker Christian Pulisic (coach’s decision) are not part of the squad. tonight’s template. Teams can make five substitutions during three different times.
- The United States has an all-time 3-0-0 against Granada. The teams played a series at home and away 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 ‘get a 3-2 road victory on June 20. 2004 a St. George’s Grenada. The last match was in the opening match of the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, with the US winning 4-0 on July 4 in Seattle.
- USMNT has an all-time 2-0-0 at Q2 Stadium in Austin. The team won 1-0 against Qatar in the CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-final on July 29, 2021 and a 2-0 victory over Jamaica in the World Cup qualifiers. FIFA 2022 on October 7, 2021.
- Hector Said Martínez of Honduras is the appointed referee with assistance provided by. He has previously led four USMNT matches: 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) , 7-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago (January 31, 2021; friendly), 1-0 victory over Haiti (July 11, 2021; CONCACAF Gold Cup).