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USMNT vs. Panama: Starting XI & Lineup Notes | Copa América 2024

LINEUP NOTES
USMNT vs. Panama
2024 Copa América | Group Stage Match No. 2
June 27, 2024
Mercedes-Benz Stadium; Atlanta, Ga.
Pre-Recreation Protection: 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 Fb, The U.S. Soccer App

Tonight’s USMNT Beginning XI vs. Panama: 1-Matt Turner; 3-Chris Richards, 4-Tyler Adams, 5-Antonee Robinson, 7-Gio 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 Beginning XI Cap Numbers (together with 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 Beginning XI Cap Numbers in Official Competitors (together with this 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).
  • At present’s Beginning XI has a median age of 25 years, 343 days.
  • The Beginning XI’s common of 23 caps in official competitors is the best quantity below Gregg Berhalter. The lineup additionally averages 38.3 caps general.
  • Berhalter begins the identical XI that confronted Bolivia on Sunday evening. It’s the primary time he has began the identical lineup in back-to-back matches because the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup Quarterfinal and Semifinal in opposition to Jamaica and Qatar, respectively.
  • The backline of Antonee Robinson, Tim Ream, Chris Richards and Joe Scally begin collectively for the fourth-straight match, marking the primary time because the 2011 Concacaf Gold Cup the USMNT has used the identical again 4 in 4 consecutive matches.
  • Almost 14 years after making his worldwide debut, veteran defender Tim Ream earns his fiftieth begin in his sixtieth cap for the USMNT.
  • Midfielder Tyler Adams begins back-to-back matches for the primary time because the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
  • Christian Pulisic turns into the seventh participant to captain the USMNT 25 occasions. The USA is 17W-3L-4D when Pulisic wears the armband.
  • Pulisic’s 4 profession objectives in opposition to Panama are tied for probably the most all-time amongst USMNT gamers, becoming a member of Jozy Altidore, Clint Dempsey, Landon Donovan and Eddie Johnson. The attacker tallied the opening objective in a 4-0 World Cup qualifying win on Oct. 6, 2017 after which put residence a hat trick within the staff’s 5-1 qualifying win on Might 27, 2022.
  • Tonight’s match marks the tenth time the ahead trio of Folarin Balogun, Christian Pulisic and Tim Weah will begin collectively. By means of their first 9 matches beginning collectively, the three gamers have mixed for 19 objective contributions (12 objectives, 7 assists), and have had a minimum of one participant concerned in 14 of the 23 objectives scored by the USMNT in that point.
  • Midfielder Gio Reyna has six objective contributions (two objectives, 4 assists) in his final 5 appearances in opposition to Concacaf opposition.
  • Reyna additionally tallied his first worldwide objective in opposition to Panama, scoring within the 18th minute of the USA’s 6-2 win on Nov. 16, 2020 in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
  • Chris Richards additionally made his debut within the 2020 pleasant in opposition to Panama.
  • CAUTION WATCH: Midfielder Weston McKennie carries a yellow card into this match. Ought to he obtain one other tonight, he would serve a one-game suspension in subsequent Monday’s group finale in opposition to Uruguay.
  • Gregg Berhalter is 44W-15L-13D in 72 matches as USMNT head coach and 29W-7L-7D in 43 matches in official competitors.
  • The USMNT is 17W-2L-7D all-time in opposition to Panama and 13W-2L-7D in opposition to La Marea Roja in matches in official competitors. After Mexico, Panama is the USA’s second-most frequent opponent since 2010, with tonight’s match marking the nineteenth assembly within the final 14 years.
  • A U.S. win tonight in opposition to Panama mixed with a Uruguay win or draw in opposition to Bolivia would see the USMNT advance to the 2024 Copa América Quarterfinals.
  • 5 substitutions are allowed in three completely different moments. Halftime doesn’t depend as a substitution second.
  • Tonight’s match will likely be officiated by Iván Barton of El Salvador. That is the seventh USMNT match Mr. Barton has officiated with the USA going 5W-0L-1D within the earlier six. His final three U.S. matches embody the 2-0 World Cup Qualifying win in opposition to Mexico on Nov. 12, 2021, the 5-1 World Cup Qualifying win in opposition to Panama on March 27, 2022, and the 3-0 Concacaf Nations League Semifinal win in opposition to Mexico on June 15, 2023.

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