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Graham Zusi replaces injured Fabian Johnson on U.S. squad

Fabian Johnson has been ruled out of the United States' upcoming World Cup qualifiers with a hamstring injury, and Graham Zusi will take his spot in Bruce Arena's squad.

Johnson came off in the 16th minute in Borussia Monchengladbach's Europa League game on Thursday, four days before he was supposed to report for U.S. duty.

U.S. Soccer confirmed Johnson's injury on Friday, hours after Gladbach said he would be "sidelined for an unknown period of time" with a pulled muscle in his thigh.

Zusi, of Sporting Kansas City, will fill Johnson's spot on the squad to face Honduras and Panama over the international break that begins next week.