On Friday, the United States Men’s National Team will host Brazil in their first of two friendlies to come over the next 10 days. The following Tuesday, Mexico await the USMNT in what is always a tense and entertaining matchup.
The roster chosen for the two friendly matches took a while to officially announce but what resulted was an interesting selection to analyze.
Here’s the complete 24-player roster.
Goalkeepers
Alex Bono (Toronto FC); Ethan Horvath (Club Brugge); Zack Steffen (Columbus Crew)
Defenders
John Brooks (Wolfsburg); Cameron Carter-Vickers (Swansea City); Eric Lichaj (Hull City); Aaron Long (New York Red Bulls); Matt Miazga (Nantes); Shaq Moore (Reus Deporitu); Tim Parker (New York Red Bulls); Antonee Robinson (Wigan Athletic); DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle United)
Midfielders
Kellyn Acosta (Colorado Rapids); Tyler Adams (New York Red Bulls); Paul Arriola (DC United); Julian Green (Greuther Furth); Sebastian Lleget (LA Galaxy); Weston McKennie (Schalke); Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders); Wil Trapp (Columbus Crew); Tim Weah (Paris Saint-Germain)
Forwards
Andrija Novakovich (Fortuna Sittard); Bobby Wood (Hannover 96); Gyasi Zardes (Columbus Crew)
Three players who we haven’t seen for some time are John Brooks, Kellyn Acosta, and Sebastian Lleget.