U.S. Men National Team (USMNT) will travel to Europe in order to play the pair of its March friendlies against Jamaica and Northern Ireland.
The game against Jamaica will be played in Austria on March 25 and will take place at „Stadion Wienar Neustadt“ in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. As to the other match, against Northern Ireland, it is planned to be played three days later – on 28th of March – and the place of the contest will be the at „Windsor Park“ (National Football Stadium) in Belfast.
US Men’s National Team head coach Gregg Berhalter has already announced his 26-player roster for the forthcoming friendlies in which we can find only three players who currently play at MLS clubs. The other 23 play for European teams.
| Position | Player | Club |
| GK | Ethan Horvath | Club Brugge |
| GK | Chituru Odunze | Leicester City |
| GK | Zack Steffen | Manchester City |
| DEF | John Brooks | Wolfsburg |
| DEF | Reggie Cannon | Boavista |
| DEF | Sergino Dest | FC Barcelona |
| DEF | Aaron Long | New York Red Bulls |
| DEF | Matt Miazga | Anderlecht |
| DEF | Erik Palmer-Brown | Austria Wien |
| DEF | Tim Ream | Fulham FC |
| DEF | Bryan Reynolds | AS Roma |
| DEF | Chris Richards | TSC Hoffenheim |
| DEF | Antonee Robinson | Fulham FC |
| MID | Brenden Aaronson | Red Bull Salzburg |
| MID | Kellyn Acosta | Colorado Rapids |
| MID | Luca de la Torre | Heracles |
| MID | Sebastian Lletget | LA Galaxy |
| MID | Yunus Musah | Valencia CF |
| MID | Owen Otasowie | Wolverhampton Wonderers |
| MID | Christian Cappis | Hobro IK |
| FOR | Daryl Dike | Barnsley FC |
| FOR | Christian Pulisic | Chelsea FC |
| FOR | Giovanni Reyna | Borussia Dortmund |
| FOR | Josh Sergant | Werder Bremen |
| FOR | Jordan Siebatcheu | BSC Young Boys |
What are the bad news for Gregg Berhalter?
The bad news for the 47-years-old coach are mainly related to the absence of the Juventus new signing Weston McKennie who has been carrying a hip injury – he is the most notable omission on Berhalter’s roster. Timothy Weah who plays for the French side LOSC Lille and the midfielder Tylor Adams (RB Leipzig) have been withdrawn from the roster due to quarantine requirements in their respective areas.
The players who won’t take part in these friendly games are right-back DeAndre Yedlin, Genk center-back Mark McKenzie and Schalke‘s forward Matthew Hoppe. They didn’t get calls for various reasons.
What are the good news for Gregg Berhalter?
The good news are that the forward Nicholas Gioacchini who initally had been withdrawn due to COVID restrictions too has been recently readmitted to the USMNT’s training camp roster. In addition to this, TSC Hoffenheim’s center-back Chris Richards who can play also as left- and right-back along with strikers Giovanni Reyna and Josh Sargent will be allowed to travel for the game against Northern Ireland after previously only being on the roster for the encounter with Jamaica.
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