They come from all parts of the country and even from across the globe. Small towns and big cities. Sons of former soccer greats and even a Super Bowl winner.
These are the 26 players who’ll represent the United States men’s national team at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Spread across three countries — the U.S., Canada and Mexico — this summer’s World Cup will be the biggest ever held. And these 26 players will have the rare honor of playing soccer’s marquee tournament as co-hosts.
It’s time to get to know them. What makes them special and what stands out about their journey. The country and the world will be watching.
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Brenden Aaronson
Age: 25
Club: Leeds United (English Premier League)
Brenden Aaronson broke through with the Philadelphia Union when he was only 18 years old, and the expectations for his career have been sky-high ever since. He played two seasons for the Union from 2019-2020, when he had seven goals and nine assists in 51 matches and helped the team win the 2020 Supporters Shield as the best regular-season MLS team.
He joined Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg in January 2021. Then just 19 years old, Aaronson’s transfer fee was the highest for a U.S.-based homegrown player in MLS history. He scored nine goals and had nine assists in two seasons, before joining Premier League club Leeds United in 2022 on a $30 million transfer fee. He has made 57 appearances for the USA and scored nine goals and seven assists.
Did You Know: Back in the day, they used to call Aaronson the “Medford Messi” for his creativity, technical skill and attacking ability — along with his hometown. That nickname isn’t used much in the Premier League, but it was fun when he was first starting out in his pro career.
Stat: Aaronson has made more than 100 appearances combined in the Premier League and Bundesliga. – Laken Litman
Folarin Balogun
Age: 24
Club: AS Monaco (French Ligue 1)
U.S. fans are counting on the New York-born, London-raised Folarin Balogun to score the bulk of the goals this summer. The hard-running striker found the net 18 times in 40 UEFA Champions League and Ligue 1 last season. Known as “Balo,” the Arsenal academy graduate excels at stretching defenses, combining with Pulisic and finishing with a precision that the U.S. squad has lacked historically.
The soft-spoken forward is expected to spearhead the American attack when their World Cup campaign kicks off against Paraguay in Los Angeles on June 12. “My mind naturally wanders to the opening game of the World Cup, and just the atmosphere,” Balogun told me last September. “It’s almost like a freeze-frame, like a perfect image in my mind.” It’s about to become reality.
Did You Know: Eligible to play for the U.S., England or Nigeria (homeland of his parents), Balogun represented the Three Lions at the youth national team level. Within the youth academies of England and Arsenal, Balogun played alongside midfielder Yunus Musah, who started each of the USA’s four games at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Stat: Balogun scored in eight straight Ligue 1 matches for Monaco earlier this season, tying the all-time club record. – Doug McIntyre
Ricardo Pepi
Age: 23
Club: PSV Eindhoven (Dutch Eredivisie)
Ricardo Pepi is fighting to be the team’s go-to striker. He’s a proven scorer with his club, where he’s netted 19 goals across all competitions for PSV during the 2025-26 season. But he hasn’t quite had the same success with the national team, scoring a total of 13 goals in 35 appearances since he made his debut with the squad in 2021. Granted, he’s been passed over at times, like when former manager Gregg Berhalter decided not to take him to the 2022 World Cup. Those experiences have helped shape Pepi and have given him a chip on his shoulder. He’s anxious to perform for the U.S. this summer.
Did You Know: There have been rumors for months about Pepi potentially transferring from PSV to Premier League club Fulham. A previous deal collapsed in March, but there’s still a chance the clubs will reach an agreement in the future.
Stat: Pepi has scored more than 55 goals in league competition over the past four seasons. – Litman
Christian Pulisic
Age: 27
Club: AC Milan (Italian Serie A)
The U.S. men’s team’s undisputed headliner since he was a teenager, Christian Pulisic mostly lived up to the billing at the last World Cup in 2022, when his game-winning goal over Iran sent the Americans to the round of 16.
Lightning quick, Hershey, Pennsylvania’s favorite son glides by the world’s best defenders and scores with ease when he’s at the height of his powers. But he’s been struggling mightily heading into what should be a defining World Cup on home soil. The top scorer in the first half of Italy’s Serie A season, Pulisic finished the campaign goalless since December, and he has not hit the target for the national team since 2024. Fans of the home team are hoping the floodgates inevitably open in time for the main event. So, for that matter, is Pulisic.
“I know a ball will hit off my knee and go in, and then things will change,” he said in March. “I’m not going to panic. Better now than in the summer. Things are going to change.”
Did You Know: Pulisic’s father, Mark, was a professional indoor soccer player who played NCAA soccer at George Mason University, where he met Christian’s mom. Kelley Pulisic was a member of GMU’s women’s team. A diehard New York Jets fan, Christian watched Gang Green play in London in 2021, the same year he won the UEFA Champions League with Chelsea. He remains the only American ever to play in the final of Europe’s top club competition.
Stat: His 32 goals are the fifth-most in U.S. men’s national team history, and his 84 appearances are the most of any active player. – McIntyre
Malik Tillman
Age: 23
Club: Bayer Leverkusen (German Bundesliga)
It was almost exactly four years ago when Malik Tillman was officially cleared to represent the U.S. after FIFA approved his one-time switch from Germany. Tillman, whose mother is from Germany and father is from the U.S., grew up playing in the Bayern Munich academy. He debuted for the U.S. team on June 1, 2022, and has made 28 appearances since then. While he didn’t make the 2022 World Cup roster, he’s featured more with the team since Pochettino became manager and was on a hot streak last summer during the Gold Cup when he scored three goals.
Did You Know: Tillman played alongside U.S. teammate Chris Richards in the Bayern Munich academy. In addition, his brother, Timothy Tillman, has also represented the U.S. men’s national team.
Stat: Tillman has recorded more than 50 goal contributions in the past three seasons for PSV and Bayer Leverkusen. – Litman
Tim Weah
Age: 26
Club: Marseille (French Ligue 1)
Tim Weah has been a regular in the U.S. squad since his debut in 2018 when he was just 18 years old. Since then, he’s made 49 appearances and scored seven goals, including in the USA’s opening match of the 2022 World Cup when he found the back of the net in the first half against Wales. He has one of the most powerful shots on the team, is incredibly soft-spoken and humble, but also brings the vibes. If you’re wondering where the music is coming from in the locker room or on the team bus, you can usually find Weah holding the boombox.
Did You Know: Weah’s father, George Weah, was the top scorer in UEFA Champions League in 1995 and became the first African player to win the Ballon d’Or that same year. The elder Weah is also the former president of Liberia. But the one thing George was never able to do that Tim will now have done twice? Play in a World Cup.
Stat: During his time at Juventus, Weah made 78 appearances and recorded seven goals along with seven assists. – Litman
Haji Wright
Age: 28
Club: Coventry City (English Premier League starting in 2026-27)
Haji Wright is a physically imposing player for the U.S. front line. At 6-foot-3, he’s dangerous in the box and a one-on-one threat. He’s scored 18 goals in 43 appearances for his club this season and in February, had a hat trick against Middlesbrough. Wright made his debut with the USA in June 2022, ahead of that summer’s World Cup and scored in his first match on a penalty kick vs. Morocco. He’s recorded 20 appearances and scored seven international goals.
Did You Know: Wright was one of only three U.S. players to score a goal at the 2022 World Cup. Tim Weah scored in the first match, Christian Pulisic in the third, and then Wright had what everyone likes to describe as an accidental goal in the round of 16 match vs. the Netherlands when a cross from Pulisic ricocheted perfectly off his heel and into the back of the net.
Stat: In the past six seasons, Wright has scored more than 90 goals in his time in the Danish Superliga, Turkish league and English Championship. – Litman
Alex Zendejas
Club: Club América (Liga MX)
While he’s only been on the fringes of the national team since Pochettino took over in 2024, Alex Zendejas made his one start under the Argentine count with a spectacular game-winning goal over Japan in an exhibition last September. And he has been brilliant playing for Mexico’s most decorated club for the better part of two years, donning the iconic No. 10 shirt for Las Aguilas. A diminutive left-footed winger who can also create in a more central role, Zendejas was born in Mexico and made two senior appearances for El Tri before committing his future to the U.S. in 2023.
Did You Know: Zendejas grew up in El Paso, Texas, and represented the U.S. at youth level. In 2015, he was teammates with future national team mainstays Tyler Adams and Christian Pulisic at the CONCACAF U-17 Championship.
Stat: Zendejas was a Liga MX All-Star in 2025 and also named to the CONCACAF Champions Cup Best XI in 2024. He’s won four Liga MX titles — three with América and one with bitter rivals Chivas. – McIntyre
Tyler Adams
Age: 27
Club: AFC Bournemouth (English Premier League)
Tyler Adams is the heartbeat of this team. When he was just 23 years old, Adams captained the squad through the 2022 World Cup, and was always impressive during high-stakes moments during the tournament. Adams tells it like it is, be it in the press conference or in the locker room, and holds his teammates accountable. He’s relentless, demands the best from his team and is the squad’s toughest player. He’s a pest on the field and does his damnedest to make it impossible for opponents to get by him and is always going to battle for 50–50 balls.
Did You Know: Adams has two sons under the age of three.
Stat: Adams was named U.S. Soccer Player of the Year in 2022, and has made more than 150 combined appearances in the Premier League and Bundesliga. – Litman
Sebastian Berhalter
Age: 25
Club: Vancouver Whitecaps (Major League Soccer)
At first glance, you might just think of Sebastian Berhalter as former U.S. player and manager Gregg Berhalter’s son. But he’s made his own name quickly, especially when it comes to set pieces. Berhalter takes pinpoint corners and flawless free kicks. He laughs when people ask what the trick is to his service, but his answer is always the same, and it’s uncomplicated: he just works hard. Which makes sense for someone like Berhalter, who is so meticulous and particular when it comes to his preparation and routine.
He was born in London when his father was a player for English club Crystal Palace. Sebastian was also part of the Columbus Crew academy, where Gregg was coach of the MLS club.
Did You Know: Four years ago, Sebastian was at the 2022 World Cup in the U.S. Soccer Friends and Family Program while his dad was coaching the team. Now they’ve essentially swapped places with Sebastian on the field and his dad cheering in the stands.
Stat: Berhalter was named an MLS All-Star in 2025, making 47 appearances and scoring eight goals last season. – Litman
Weston McKennie
Age: 27
Club: Juventus (Italian Serie A)
A starter in all four U.S. games at Qatar 2022, McKennie heads into his second World Cup as arguably America’s best soccer player coming off a career-best season in Italy. The rangy Texan never stops running. His long throw-ins are de facto set plays, and he is especially adept at arriving as a late runner into the box and scoring; see his opener against Belgium in March or the nine he bagged in almost 40 games for Juventus in 2025-26.
Did You Know: The son of an Air Force officer, McKennie was born in Washington state and spent four years of his childhood living in Kaiserslautern, Germany, while his father was stationed at Ramstein Air Base nearby. He met U.S. legends Landon Donovan and Carlos Bocanegra there in 2006, when the American squad played a friendly there ahead of that year’s World Cup in Germany.
Stat: McKennie has made more than 220 appearances for Juventus since joining the club in 2020, with more than 50 goal contributions in that span. – McIntyre
Gio Reyna
Age: 23
Club: Borussia Mönchengladbach (German Bundesliga)
The silky smooth attacker and onetime teenage prodigy – Reyna turned 20 while the U.S. squad was preparing for its first game at the last World Cup in Qatar – has been beset by injury over the last four years. He’s featured sparingly at club level as a result, including this season. After leaving Borussia Dortmund last summer, he was limited to just four starts during this Bundesliga season.
Reyna still managed to help the U.S. win CONCACAF Nations League titles in 2023 and 2024 and started all three games for the Stars and Stripes two years ago at Copa América. He also scored in his first match under Pochettino, a 2-1 win last November against Paraguay – the Americans’ opening opponent at this World Cup.
Did You Know: The son of two-time U.S. World Cup captain Claudio and former U.S. women’s national team winger Danielle Egan, Reyna credits his love of soccer to his older brother, Jack, who died of cancer at 13 in 2012. “Some people think that my dad made me a good player,” Reyna told the Players Tribune in 2020. “But when I was growing up in Manchester, where Dad was playing for Manchester City, the one who always played with me in the backyard was Jack.”
Stat: Reyna has scored nine goals for the national team in 36 appearances. – McIntyre
Cristian Roldan
Age: 30
Club: Seattle Sounders (Major League Soccer)
Pochettino once told reporters that Christian Roldan is the “perfect player” because he “has a little bit of everything.” Asked why he thinks the U.S. coach views him that way, Roldan said he thinks it’s because he’s always ready. “I got on the quickest flight, dropped whatever I was doing,” Roldan said of when he was called in by Pochettino last fall. “I take a lot of pride in what I do every day and so when my name was called upon, I was ready. And I think he appreciated that. It really meant the world, I think, to him staying ready even though my name wasn’t on a preliminary roster.”
Did You Know: Roldan was part of the 2022 World Cup roster, but didn’t play. He said it was a “huge honor” to be there, but it was difficult to watch from the bench. “It was my dream to make the World Cup,” Roldan said in March. “I have so much experience at the club level, and I was just ready for that opportunity to come. And whether it comes this World Cup or not, you know, it still pains me that I didn’t see the field. As a professional, as a competitor, that’s what you want. You want to be in those pressure moments. But I was thankful to be there.”
Stat: Roldan has made 45 appearances for the national team. – Litman
Max Arfsten
Age: 25
Club: Columbus Crew (Major League Soccer)
Max Arfsten is another player who has made a lasting impression on Pochettino. The left-back earned his first cap with the senior team in January 2025 and has made 18 appearances and scored one goal since then. Arfsten has had to rise quickly within the squad, earning playing time at left back while regular starter Antonee “Jedi” Robinson was out of the team due to injury. Arfsten has made the most of his opportunity and earned a spot on his first World Cup roster.
Did You Know: During the offseason, Arfsten partners with the gym Core 3 Method in his hometown of Fresno to play soccer with kids and adults with disabilities. “I go there to give back to my community,” Arfsten said in an interview with the local CBS outlet earlier this year. “I’m a big advocate for giving back to my community where I’m from. It’s a pretty underserved community, and I enjoy using the platform that I have to have a positive impact.”
Stat: Arfsten was named an MLS All-Star in 2025, making 37 appearances and recording seven goals along with six assists. – Litman
Sergiño Dest
Age: 25
Club: PSV Eindhoven (Dutch Eredivisie)
One of the most skillful players in national team history, Dest is finally fully healthy after an ACL tear suffered just before the 2024 Copa América. In 2019, the two-footed fullback chose to play for the U.S. over the three-time World Cup runner-up Netherlands, where he was born and raised to a Dutch mom and American service member dad. Dest started Champions League games for Ajax as a teen, played with Lionel Messi at Barcelona and had a stint with seven-time European champ AC Milan before returning to the Eredivisie with PSV. He’s since won three straight league titles.
Did You Know: In an effort to recreate the streetball style he learned as a youth, Dest used his own money to build Sergiño Dest Court in his hometown of Almere. “It’s small, so you can go alone or with a couple friends, and you learn how to not just [boot] the ball ahead and run. You must management it in tight areas,” he told me of the concept behind the power earlier than it opened two years in the past. “I really feel like some abilities are getting slowly, slowly out of the sport…it is a option to get all these abilities.”
Stat: Dest was named the U.S. Soccer Younger Male Athlete of the 12 months in 2019, and was additionally named the Ajax Expertise of the 12 months in 2020 — often known as the Marco van Basten award. – McIntyre
Alex Freeman
Age: 21
Membership: Villarreal (Spanish La Liga)
Alex Freeman hasn’t even been a part of the U.S. senior workforce for a full yr. The 21-year-old fullback made his debut on June 7, 2025, in a pleasant vs. Türkiye forward of the Gold Cup. His efficiency all through that summer season’s event impressed Pochettino a lot that he grew to become an everyday within the squad. Freeman was a part of MLS membership Orlando Metropolis from 2022-26 earlier than making an enormous transfer to Europe and becoming a member of Villarreal earlier this yr. Whereas he hasn’t damaged into the beginning lineup frequently, he did search recommendation from Pochettino earlier than shifting abroad and determined this might be the perfect transfer for his profession in the long term.
Did You Know: His father, Antonio Freeman, performed vast receiver for the Inexperienced Bay Packers and helped the workforce win a Tremendous Bowl. In retirement, he’s changed into his son’s No. 1 fan. “After I was youthful, I performed all of the sports activities and when it got here time, I selected [soccer] and I really feel like he was supporting me the entire time,” the youthful Freeman told me last June about selecting fútbol over soccer.
Stat: Freeman was named an MLS All-Star in 2025 and in addition chosen because the MLS Younger Participant of the 12 months. – Litman
Mark McKenzie
Age: 27
Membership: Toulouse (French Ligue 1)
The veteran middle again is headed to his first profession World Cup after being among the many closing cuts in 2022. Bronx-born however raised in Delaware, McKenzie performed school soccer at Wake Forest earlier than turning professional with the Philadelphia Union. He’s been in Europe since 2021, when he left the Union for Belgian membership Genk, and made 28 begins in France’s Ligue 1 this yr with Toulouse.
Did You Know: A ahead as a youth, McKenzie grew up watching Arsenal and idolized French World Cup winner (and present FOX analyst) Thierry Henry. “Getting to fulfill him was actually particular,” McKenzie told me in March. They met “when he was teaching Montreal in 2020, my final season with the Union. I additionally met him unofficially at a New York Purple Bulls sport again once I was 12. Obtained an opportunity to get a shirt signed by him.”
Stat: McKenzie was named to the 2020 MLS Greatest XI previous to his transfer to Europe. – McIntyre
Tim Ream
Age: 38
Membership: Charlotte FC (Main League Soccer)
Tim Ream is the oldest participant on the squad. The seasoned veteran began each match and performed each minute at middle again in the course of the 2022 World Cup, and has a glimmering membership résumé that features a nine-year interval the place he featured prominently at Fulham. He left the Premier League membership as a legend, making 312 appearances for the Cottagers, which was greater than some other participant within the twenty first century apart from captain Tom Cairney. Ream is an amazing asset for the U.S., the place he takes on the function of a composed and dependable chief who serves as an anchor for a younger group.
Did You Know: Whereas Pochettino has but to announce who will captain the U.S. this summer season, Ream has shot. He’s worn the armband in practically each match he’s performed underneath this teaching workers.
Stat: In his profession, Ream made 97 appearances within the Premier League and was named Participant of the 12 months twice at Bolton and as soon as at Fulham. – Litman
Chris Richards
Age: 26
Membership: Crystal Palace (English Premier League)
The USA’s high defender will anchor the co-hosts’ backline in the course of the event – Richards’ first after damage stored him off of then-coach Gregg Berhalter’s closing 26-player listing 4 years in the past. The FC Dallas youth product, who made his skilled debut with Bayern Munich in 2019, helped Palace win the 2025 FA Cup and attain the 2026 UEFA Convention League closing.
Did You Know: The son of a former skilled basketball participant, Richards now stands 6-foot-2. That wasn’t at all times the case. “I used to be in all probability 5-foot-5, 140 kilos, soaking moist till I used to be 16,” he told me last October. That summer season, I in all probability grew 5 to 6 inches and gained 40 kilos.”
Stat: Chris Richards was named to the 2025 Gold Cup Greatest XI of the Match. He, alongside present U.S. teammate Matt Turner, joined former the legendary Tim Howard as solely three USA gamers to be FA Cup winners. – McIntyre
Antonee “Jedi” Robinson
Age: 28
Membership: Fulham (English Premier League)
Robinson is among the most essential gamers on this U.S. workforce. He began each match of the 2022 World Cup, was thought of the perfect left again within the Premier League final yr and was voted U.S. Soccer’s Male Participant of the 12 months in 2024. Robinson has skilled accidents and setbacks over the past yr and advised reporters in March that at one level he feared he wouldn’t make it again in time for this summer season’s World Cup. However Robinson is totally match and in type now for each membership and nation. And it’s factor, as a result of as teammate Tim Ream stated final camp, he’s “extraordinarily troublesome to interchange.”
Did You Know: Robinson has passed by the nickname “Jedi” since he was a child. The explanation? He cherished Star Wars and used to decorate up as characters. The pleasant moniker has caught with him ever since.
Stat: Robinson was named the Fulham Participant of the Season within the 2023-24 marketing campaign, and in addition named the U.S. Soccer Participant of the 12 months in 2025. – Litman
Miles Robinson
Age: 29
Membership: FC Cincinnati (Main League Soccer)
The 6-foot-2 middle again was projected as a doable starter earlier than the final World Cup in Qatar, solely to undergo an Achilles rupture forward of the event. 4 years on, Robinson is headed to his first World Cup. The fleet-footed former Syracuse College standout has made 38 worldwide appearances for the Stars and Stripes, and he scored the extra-time aim within the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup closing that gained the U.S. the title over chief rival Mexico. Robinson additionally has gained an MLS Cup, in 2018 with Atlanta United, the place he spent seven seasons earlier than signing with FCC two years in the past as a free agent. Robinson is the best paid defender in MLS at practically $4 million, in line with the MLS Gamers Affiliation.
Did You Know: Named after Jazz legend Miles Davis, Robinson’s father, Jeff, is an expert musician.
Stat: Robinson has achieved a number of successful. He was on the American squads that hoisted the CONCACAF Nations League trophy in 2023 and 2024, and in addition claimed the Campeones Cup and U.S. Open Cup throughout his time with Atlanta. – McIntyre
Joe Scally
Age: 23
Membership: Borussia Mönchengladbach (German Bundesliga)
The versatile 23-year-old isn’t as attack-minded because the fleet-footed likes of Sergiño Dest, Alex Freeman or Tim Weah. However the stay-at-home defender offers Pochettino choices. Though he’s naturally a proper again, Scally has top-level expertise as a left again, middle again and even at defensive midfielder. Earlier than shifting abroad, the Lengthy Island native performed for MLS aspect NYCFC and was within the Pigeons’ academy with present membership and U.S. teammate Gio Reyna.
Did You Know: In Could, Scally grew to become the youngest non-German participant to play 150 video games within the Bundesliga – all with ‘Gladbach. He was additionally the youngest member of the USA’s 2022 squad, at simply 19.
Stat: Scally made 34 appearances for ‘Gladbach final season. – McIntyre
Auston Trusty
Age: 27
Membership: Celtic (Scottish Premiership)
Timing will be every little thing in relation to the World Cup. Take Trusty, who’s performed within the Premier League and Champions League however who has made simply six U.S. appearances since his 2023 debut. He wasn’t even taking part in for Celtic midseason, however the left-footed defender – one other Philadelphia Union product – impressed versus Portugal in March then helped the Hoops win the Scottish title on the ultimate day of the season. Ultimately, that was sufficient to earn him considered one of Pochettino’s 26 golden tickets.
Did You Know: Trusty dedicated to taking part in for NCAA powerhouse College of North Carolina however elected to signal a homegrown contract with the Union as an alternative. Earlier than becoming a member of Celtic in 2023, he appeared in 33 Premier League matches for Sheffield United.
Stat: Trusty has gained two Scottish Premiership titles with Celtic. – McIntyre
Chris Brady
Age: 22
Membership: Chicago Hearth (Main League Soccer)
Though he has but to make a senior worldwide look, Brady is taken into account one of many nation’s brightest goalkeeping prospects – potential that head U.S. goalkeeper coach Toni Jiménez and deputy Jack Robinson seen shortly after becoming a member of the nationwide workforce in late 2024. However that does not imply he’s inexperienced; a starter for the Hearth at 19, Brady has already amassed greater than 100 common season MLS appearances.
Did You Know: He’s World Cup-bound now. However lower than two years in the past, Brady was unceremoniously reduce from the U.S. workforce that competed on the 2024 Summer time Olympics in Paris – a squad reserved virtually completely for gamers 23 years outdated or youthful, with simply three overage spots permitted on the 18-man roster.
Stat: Brady recorded six clear sheets final season in MLS play. – McIntyre
Matt Freese
Age: 27
Membership: New York Metropolis FC (Main League Soccer)
This time a yr in the past, the Harvard graduate had by no means logged a minute for the senior U.S. nationwide workforce. Quick ahead 12 months, and Freese is ready to start out for the Individuals at soccer’s highest stage. This exceptional ascent started along with his star flip ultimately summer season’s CONCACAF Gold Cup, the place “Matty Ice” prevailed in a penalty shootout over a Costa Rica squad led by Actual Madrid legend Keylor Navas. He completed the yr with 12 consecutive begins for his nation, and was excellent in a pre-World Cup tuneup in March regardless of a 2-0 loss to Portugal.
Did You Know: Excessive achievement runs in his household. His father, Dr. Andrew Freese, who died of most cancers in 2021, was a pioneering gene-therapy researcher who earned his PhD in neurobiology from MIT, whereas his grandfather Jack Geary was an AFL quarterback and Air Drive pilot. Freese honors the latter by sporting No. 49 for NYCFC.
Stat: Freese was named a finalist for the 2025 MLS Goalkeeper of the 12 months award. – McIntyre
Matt Turner
Age: 28
Membership: New England Revolution (Main League Soccer)
Matt Turner began each match for the U.S. on the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. He remained the Individuals’ No. 1 up till Matt Freese unseated him simply earlier than the 2025 Gold Cup. Turner, a resilient participant who by no means offers up on something, remains to be preventing to show himself to U.S. supervisor Mauricio Pochettino and his workers. On the membership entrance, Turner took a tour all through a number of Premier League groups, taking part in for Arsenal, Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace. He joined French membership Lyon final summer season, however was rapidly loaned out to the Revs a pair months later, the place he has been the beginning goalkeeper ever since.
Did You Know: Turner didn’t even begin taking part in soccer till he was a youngster. He ended up taking part in at Fairfield College and whereas he wasn’t chosen within the 2016 MLS Draft, he made an impression throughout a preseason trial with the Revs and shortly thereafter signed a contract with the membership.
Stat: Turner has made 57 appearances for the nationwide workforce, with 27 clear sheets. – Litman
