USMNT vs. Panama: Starting XI & Lineup Notes

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USMNT vs. Panama: Starting XI & Lineup Notes

The starting lineup of the USA for the Copa America match against Panama on June 27.

 

LINEUP NOTES
USMNT vs. Panama
2024 Copa América | Group Stage Match No. 2
June 27, 2024
Mercedes-Benz Stadium; Atlanta, Ga.
Pre-Game Coverage: 5 p.m. ET on FOX, Univision, TUDN
Kickoff: 6 p.m. ET on FOX, Univision, TUDN, FDP Radio
Social Media: @USMNT on X and Instagram ; U.S. Soccer on Facebook , The U.S. Soccer App

The Tonight’s USMNT Starting XI vs. Panama:1-Matt Turner; 3-Chris Rich, 4-Tyler Adams, 5-Antonee Robinson Reyna; 8-Weston McKennie 10-Christian Pulisic (Capt. ), 13-Tim Ream, 20-Folarin Balogun,21-Tim Weah, 22-Joe Scally

Substitutes: 18-Ethan Horvath, 25-Sean Johnson, 2-Cameron Carter-Vickers, 6-Yunus Musah, 9-Ricardo Pepi, 11-Brenden Aaronson, 12-Miles Robinson, 14-Luca de la Torre, 15-Johnny Cardoso, 16-Shaq Moore, 17-Malik Tillman, 19-Haji Wright, 23-Kristoffer Lund, 24-Mark McKenzie, 26-Josh Sargent

GAME NOTES | FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT PANAMA

  • USMNT Starting XI Cap Numbers (including this match): Christian Pulisic (70), Tim Ream (60), Weston McKennie (55), Antonee Robinson (45), Matt Turner (43), Tyler Adams (41), Tim Weah (41), Gio Reyna (30), Chris Richards (20), Folarin Balogun (14), Joe Scally (13).
  • USMNT Starting XI Cap Numbers in official competition (including the match): Christian Pulisic (49), Matt Turner (33), Weston McKennie (32), Tim Ream (31), Antonee Robinson (29), Tyler Adams (23), Tim Weah (21), Gio Reyna (18), Chris Richards (11), Folarin Balogun (8), Joe Scally (7).
  • The current Starting XI has an average age of 25 years old, 343 days.
  • The average of the Starting XI’s 23 caps in competition is the most during Gregg Berhalter’s reign. The team also has an average of 38.3 caps in total.
  • Berhalter begins the same lineup that took on Bolivia in the Sunday evening game. This is the first time he has played the same team in consecutive matches since 2021’s Concacaf Gold Cup Quarterfinal and Semifinals against Jamaica and Qatar and Qatar, respectively.
  • Nearly 14 years after his international debut veteran defenseman Tim Ream earns his 50th start in his 60th appearance for the USMNT.
  • The midfielder Tyler Adams starts two consecutive matches as the only time since 2022’s FIFA World Cup.
  • Christian Pulisic becomes the seventh player to be captain of the USMNT 25 times. In the USA is 17W-3L-4D as Pulisic takes on the armband.
  • Pulisic’s four goals in his career against Panama are the highest-scoring ever scored by USMNT players, and he is joined by Jozy Altidore Clint Dempsey, Landon Donovan and Eddie Johnson. He scored the first goal in the team’s four-goal World Cup qualifying win on October. 6 in 2017, and followed that with an unbeaten hat-trick during the team’s 5-1 victory in qualifying on May 27 2022.
  • Tonight’s match is the 10th occasion that the forward trio comprised of Folarin Balogun Christian Pulisic, Folarin Baogun, as well as Tim Weah will begin their match together. Through their first nine games that they have played together, the trio have collectively scored 19 goals (12 goals 7 assists) as well as having at least one player in the 14 goal scoring by the USMNT during this time.
  • The midfielder Gio Reyna has scored six goals (two goals 4 assists) in his five most recent appearances against Concacaf opponents.
  • Reyna was also the first player to score an international goal in the match against Panama with a goal during the 18th minutes of America’s 6-2 victory on Nov. 16 on the 16th of November at Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
  • Chris Richards also made his debut in the friendly match of 2020 against Panama.
  • Attention Midfielder Weston McKennie is carrying the yellow card for the game. If he is given another card this evening, he’ll serve one game of suspension for the next game of the group, which is scheduled for Monday against Uruguay.
  • Gregg Berhalter is 44W-15L-13D in 72 games during his tenure as the USMNT head coach, and 29W-7L-7D through 43 games in competitions that are official.
  • The USMNT is 17W-2L-7D in all-time matches in its history against Panama and 13W-2L-7D in the last against La Marea Roja in official competition matches. Following Mexico, Panama is the most frequent opponent for the USA since 2010. Tonight’s match being the 19th time they have met in the past 14 years.
  • The possibility of a U.S. win tonight against Panama together with an Uruguay draw or win against Bolivia will result in players from the USMNT progress to 2024’s Copa America Quarterfinals.
  • Five substitutions can be made in three distinct moments. Halftime is not considered an occasion for substitution.
  • The match tonight will be handled with the help of Ivan Barton of El Salvador. It is the 7th USMNT match that Mr. Barton has officiated with the USA winning 5W-0L-1D during the past six games. The last three U.S. matches include the 2-0 World Cup Qualifying win against Mexico on November. 12 2021, followed by and the five-1 World Cup Qualifying win against Panama on March 27, 2022 and the 3-0 Concacaf Nations league Semifinal victory against Mexico the 15th of June 2023.

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