Tonight’s USMNT starting lineup in El Salvador: 18-Ethan Horvath, 4-Tyler Adams, 5-Antone Robinson, 6-Yunus Musah, 10-Christian Pulisic, 11-Brenden Aaron, 19-19-Aaron, 19 -H. Cameron Carter-Vickers, 21-Tim Weah, 22-Reggie Cannon
Substitutes: 1-Matt Turner, 12-Sean Johnson, 2-DeAndre Gentlin, 3-Eric Palmer-Brown, 7-Paul Ariola, 8-Weston McKinney, 9-Jesus Ferreira, 13-Jordan Morris, 14-Luca de la Toro , 16-Joe Scally, 17-Cristian Roldan, 23-Kellyn Acosta
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USMNT Starting XI Cap Numbers (including this race): Christian Pulisic (51), Tyler Adams (30), Antonee Robinson (29), Reggie Cannon (27), Aaron Long (27), Tim Weah (25), Brenden Aaronson (22), Yunus Musah (19), Cameron Carter-Vickers (11), Ethan Horvath (8), Haji Wright (1)
USMNT Starting XI Cap Numbers in the official event (including this race): Christian Pulisic (37), Reggie Cannon (16), Antonee Robinson (16), Tyler Adams (15), Brenden Aaronson (14), Aaron Long (12) , Tim Weah (11), Yunus Musah (11), Cameron Carter-Vickers (2), Ethan Horvath (2), Haji Wright (1) USMNT Starting XI Cap Numbers in the Concacaf Nations League (including this match): Reggie Cannon (6), Aaron Long (5), Christian Pulisic (5), Brenden Aaronson (3), Antonee Robinson (3), Tyler Adams (2 ), Cameron Carter-Vickers (2), Ethan Horvath (2), Tim Weah (2), Yunus Musah (1), Haji Wright (1) Tonight’s starting lineup averages 24 years and 26 days.
The USMNT squad has an average of 22 appearances and 11 appearances in official matches.
Greg Berhalter makes seven changes to the USMNT lineup that started Friday’s first CNL game against Grenada, with Reggie Cannon, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Aaron Long and Anthony Robinson in possession.
Goalkeeper Ethan Horvath wins his first appearance since the US 4-0 friendly win over Costa Rica on June 9, 2021 in Sandy, Utah. It is also Horvath’s second official appearance since his heroic substitute appearance in the Nations League final against Mexico on June 6, 2021 in Denver.
Striker Haji Wright wins his first start, his first official appearance and his first away appearance for the USMNT tonight.
Christian Pulisic is leading the team for the 10th time tonight. Pulisic (23.74) is the second youngest player in modern times (1990-present) to lead the USMNT 10 times, after only Tony Meola (23.18) who did so on 29 April 1992 in the Republic of Ireland.
The youngest up to Captain USMNT 10 times (Modern Era) Player Date / Opponent Age in the 10th Captain cap no. Tony Meola April 29, 1992 in Ireland 23.18 45 Christian Pulisic June 14, 2022 in El Salvador 23.74 51 Peter Vermes 1 June 1991 v. Ireland 24.53 35 Landon Donovan March 28, 2007 v. Guatemala 25.07 88 Claudio Reina June 11, 2000 v. Mexico 26.89 74
Aaron Long becomes the only player to start each of the four US games during the June window.
The scorer in the 1-0 victory in the WCQ against El Salvador on January 27, left back Antonee Robinson continues his career as the only player to appear in all 10 games during 2022.
Three key players appeared in the last visit of the USA to El Salvador, a 0-0 draw to open the FIFA 2022 World Cup Qualifiers on September 2, 2021. Brenden Aaronson and Tyler Adams started the match and Antonee Robinson came off the bench in the 64th minute. .
Five key players participated in the 1-0 victory in the home qualifiers against El Salvador that played on January 27 in Columbus, Ohio. Antonee Robinson started, scoring the only goal of the match, as well as Tyler Adams, Christian Pulisic and Tim Weah, while Brenden Aaronson replaced Pulisic in the 65th minute.
With teams limited to 23 players, defenders George Bello, Walker Zimmerman and midfielder Malik Tillman are not part of tonight’s squad. Teams are allowed to make five changes at three different times.
The USA has an all-time score of 19-1-6 against El Salvador, has a 12-0-4 advantage in games played in official competitions and is 2-1-4 in away games against Los Cuscatlecos. A win tonight would secure the US a finish in the top two places in Nations League A, Group D and in turn secure a place for the USMNT in the Concacaf Gold Cup 2023. The referee of tonight’s match is Cesar Ramos from Mexico. The USMNT is 3-3-2 in games led by Ramos, the most recent of which was the away qualifier for the World Cup in Canada on January 30, 2022.
