Christian Pulisic and Gio Reyna on Wednesday were left off the U.S. national team roster for the next three World Cup qualifiers because of injuries, but Weston McKennie will return.
Chelsea’s Pulisic (ankle) and Borussia Dortmund’s Reyna (hamstring) lost their race against time after being sidelined since the first set of qualifiers early this month. Consequently, Coach Gregg Berhalter will be without his two best attackers for matches against Jamaica on Oct. 7 in Austin, Panama away on Oct. 10 and against Costa Rica on Oct. 13 in Columbus, Ohio.
To help compensate, he called in Mallorca’s Matthew Hoppe, D.