Timothy Chandler’s last two appearances for the U.S. national team came more than two years ago, in back-to-back losses to Mexico and Costa Rica that crippled the Americans’ hopes of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup.
It’s probably not insignificant that those games were also the last for coach Jurgen Klinsmann, who made German-Americans Chandler and Jermaine Jones regulars with the national team and gave Julian Green, John Brooks and Fabian Johnson their first starts.
Jones is now retired, Johnson has played just one full game for the U.S. since 2016, and only Green made more than three appearances for the national team last year.