International Friendlies June 5, 2022Children’s Mercy Park; Kansas City, Kan. Pre-game coverage: 16:30 pm ET on FOXKickoff: 5:05 pm ET on FOX, Univision and TUDNSocial Media: @USMNT on Twitter and Instagram; US Soccer on Facebook, the US Soccer app
Today’s USMNT XI against Uruguay: 25-Sean Johnson; 2-DeAndre Yedlin, 3-Walker Zimmerman, 15-Aaron Long, 29-Joe Scally; 4-Tyler Adams (chap.), 6-Yunus Musah, 8-Weston McKennie; 21-Tim Weah, 9-Jesus Ferreira, 10-Christian Pulisic
Substitutes: 18-Ethan Horvath, 5-Antonee Robinson, 7-Paul Arriola, 11-Brenden Aaronson, 12-Erik Palmer-Brown, 13-Jordan Morris, 14-Luca de la Torre, 17-Malik Tillman, 19-Haji Wright , 20-Cameron Carter-Vickers, 22-Reggie Cannon, 23-Kellyn Acosta
GAME NOTES FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT URUGUAY
- USMNT starting eleven cap numbers (including this match): DeAndre Yedlin (74), Christian Pulisic (50), Weston McKennie (33), Walker Zimmerman (30), Tyler Adams (29), Aaron Long (25), Tim Weah (24), Yunus Musah (18), Jesus Ferreira (11), Sean Johnson (10), Joe Scally (2)
- Today’s starting eleven has an average age of 24 years, 335 days.
- The USMNT lineup has an average of 27 games.
- Gregg Berhalter has made four changes to the starting line-up since Wednesday’s 3-0 win over Morocco, including goalkeeper Sean Johnson, right-back DeAndre Yedlin, left-back Joe Scally and midfielder Weston McKennie.
- Weston McKennie returns to the starting lineup for the first time since the WCQ’s 3-0 win over Honduras on February 2, 2022. He made his first appearance as a substitute with the United States on Wednesday against Morocco, breaking the his streak of 31 consecutive starters: the longest since Eddie Pope made 82 consecutive starts between 1996 and 2006, and the seventh longest in team history.
- Sean Johnson wins his 10th edition this afternoon, becoming the 14th goalkeeper in USMNT history to make double-digit appearances. The veteran goalkeeper last played for a 1-0 win over Costa Rica on February 1, 2020. Johnson has conceded just one goal in his previous nine appearances, reaching his first selection, a 1-1 draw with Chile in January. 22, 2011 in Carson, California.
- Nineteen-year-old defender Joe Scally is called up for his first senior team today after making his USMNT debut in Wednesday’s win over Morocco.
- Christian Pulisic will make his 50th appearance with the USMNT against Uruguay today. Pulisic (23.71) is the seventh youngest player to reach the half-century mark, with most players arriving before him, or having played for the National Team full-time during the 1990s. or they played Major League Soccer to start their career.
Player
Age at 50 years
Date / Result
Landon Donovan
22.28
June 13, 2004 against Granada *
Chris Henderson
22.59
July 14, 1993 vs. Panama ^
Jozy Altidore
22.84
September 7, 2012 in Jamaica *
DaMarcus Beasley
23.16
July 21, 2005 against Jamaica ^
Michael Bradley
23.20
October 12, 2010 against Colombia
Toni Meola
23.35
June 27, 1992 against Ukraine
Christian Pulisic
23.71
June 5, 2022 vs. Uruguay
^ -Gold Cup match notes, * -World Cup qualification notes
- With 21 goals in half a century, Pulisic is already ahead of all USMNT players at this point in his career, while his 10 assists tie him to Landon Donovan and place them just behind Tab Ramos. and Eddie Lewis (13 assists) at the moment. his international careers.
- Weston McKennie, Yunus Musah and Tyler Adams will work together in midfield for eight times and for the first time since January 30 in Canada. The USMNT is 5-1-1 when the “Migcamp MMA” starts together.
- The front line of Tim Weah, Jesus Ferreira and Christian Pulisic starts together for a second straight game and a third overall game. The trio worked together for the first time during the 1-0 U.S. victory over El Salvador on January 27 in Columbus.
- Aaron Long and Walker Zimmerman join the central defense for the second straight game and ninth overall. The USMNT are now at 7-1-0.
- Veteran defender DeAndre Yedlin makes his 74th appearance, ahead of Hugo Pérez and ranks only 32nd on the USMNT’s all-time party list.
- Tyler Adams is leading the USMNT for the ninth time today. The U.S. is 7-1-1 when Adams wears the bracelet.
- With teams limited to dressing 23 players, goalkeeper Matt Turner, defender George Bello and midfielder Cristian Roldan are healthy scratches on today’s squad. Teams can make six substitutions during today’s friendly.
- The American team wears orange bracelets, the team will wear orange bracelets in support of Wear Orange Weekend, a national movement promoted by everytown.org to raise awareness against armed violence that began in 2013 after the assassination of Hadiya Pendleton in a Chicago courtyard.
- The US has 2-3-3 of all time against Uruguay. The teams last played in a 1-1 draw on September 10, 2019 at St. Louis. Substitute Jordan Morris tied the game for the United States in that game.
- The USMNT is all-time 8-0-1 at Kansas City’s Children’s Mercy Park. Last summer, the USA made a perfect 3-0-0 at home, starting its successful run to the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup title with group stage victories against Haiti (1-0) , Martinique (6-1) and Canada (1-0).
- Adonai Escobedo of Mexico is the referee with today’s match. He has previously led three USMNT matches: a 3-0 victory over Panama on January 27, 2019; 1-0 victory over Curaçao on June 30, 2019 (Gold Cup), 1-0 victory against Canada on July 18, 2021 (Gold Cup).