International Friendlies June 1, 2022 TQL Stadium; Cincinnati, Ohio Pre-game coverage: 7pm ET on ESPN2, UniMás and TUDNKickoff: 7.30pm ET on ESPN2, UniMás and TUDNMedia social: @USMNT on Twitter and Instagram; US Soccer on Facebook, the US Soccer app
USMNT’s starting eleven tonight against Morocco: 1-Matt Turner; 22-Reggie Cannon, 3-Walker Zimmerman, 15-Aaron Long, 5-Antonee Robinson; 4-Tyler Adams, 11-Brenden Aaronson, 6-Yunus Musah; 21-Tim Weah, 9-Jesus Ferreira, 10-Christian Pulisic (chap.)
Substitutes: 25-Sean Johnson, 2-DeAndre Yedlin, 7-Paul Arriola, 8-Weston McKennie, 12-Erik Palmer-Brown, 14-Luca de la Torre, 16-Cristian Roldan, 17-Malik Tillman, 19-Haji Wright , 20-Cameron Carter-Vickers, 24-George Bello, 29-Joe Scally
GAME NOTES | FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT MOROCCO
- USMNT starting eleven 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), Brenden Aaronson (19), Yunus Musah (17), Matt Turner (17), Jesus Ferreira (10)
- Tonight’s starting eleven has an average age of 25, 35 days.
- The USMNT lineup has an average of 23 games.
- Six players started the last U.S. game on March 30 in Costa Rica: defenders Walker Zimmerman and Antonee Robinson, midfielders Tyler Adams and Yunus Musah, and forwards Christian Pulisic and Tim Weah. Striker Jesús Ferreira also came off the bench in that match.
- Central Aaron Long gets his first start since the 2-1 victory in Northern Ireland on March 28, 2021. After recovering from a break in Achilles in May 2021, Long returned to the team during the March window, making two appearances as a substitute in the 0-0 draw in Mexico and a 5-1 victory over Panama.
- Goalkeeper Matt Turner, defender Reggie Cannon and midfielder Brenden Aaronson are also back after missing the March window. The trio finally appeared in the 3-0 win over Honduras on February 2, with Turner and Cannon starting the game and Aaronson coming off the bench in the 76th minute.
- Turner has only conceded six goals in 16 appearances since making his USMNT debut last July. With 11 goals blank, the 27-year-old goalkeeper is now sixth in all-time tie with Arnie Mausser on the USMNT’s closing list.
- After playing for the band for most of last year, Brenden Aaronson has lined up in midfield for the first time since the first World Cup qualifier on September 2, 2021 in El Salvador.
- Antonee 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 on the field, losing only 1-0 to Bosnia and Herzegovina during the team’s national training ground. last December.
- Leading the team for the ninth time tonight, Christian Pulisic is the other starter to have appeared in all seven U.S. games in 2022. Pulisic scored what was the winner of the match in the team’s first appearance on TQL Stadium, reaching the 2-0 victory over Mexico last November.
- Aaron Long and Walker Zimmerman join the central defense for the first time since the 1-0 victory over Costa Rica on February 1, 2020. The USMNT is 6-1-0 when they team up.
- Three substitutes could make their USMNT debut tonight: defender Joe Scally, midfielder Malik Tillman and striker Haji Wright.
- A total of 53 players have made their senior team debut in Gregg Berhalter’s 50 games, placing him third behind Bruce Arena (89 debuts in 159 games) and Bob Bradley (60 debuts in 80 games).
- Midfielder Kellyn Acosta, goalkeeper Ethan Horvath and striker Jordan Morris are not dressed for tonight’s game. Teams have six substitutions.
- The US has an all-time 0-3-0 against Morocco. In the last meeting, the USMNT fell 1-0 in a goal in the 90th minute in a World Cup warm-up match on May 23, 2006 in Nashville, Tenn.
- Ismael Cornejo of El Salvador is the referee of today’s match. He previously officiated the USMNT’s 2-1 friendly win over Ghana on July 1, 2017 in East Hartford, Connecticut.