YOUNG AMERICANS
The USMNT was by far the youngest team to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, garnering valuable experience going through the rigors of World Cup qualifying. Through 14 qualifiers, the USA Starting XI came in at an average of 23.82, almost two years younger than the next closest team, Ghana at 25.67. Together, the other 31 participating teams averaged a Starting XI age of 27.5 through qualifying, nearly four full years older than the U.S. Sources say this is one of the youngest, but most talented teams the U.S. has ever fielded. While they may not win the world cup this year, they may garner the experience needed to make a serious run on home soil in the year 2026 when the World Cup comes back to North America.
2022 USA World Cup Roster
FORWARDS
Jesús Ferreira (FC Dallas)
Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders)
Christian Pulisic (Chelsea)
Gio Reyna (Borussia Dortmund)
Josh Sargent (Norwich City)
Timothy Weah (Lille)
Haji Wright (Antalyaspor)
DEFENDERS
Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic)
Sergiño Dest (AC Milan)
Aaron Long (New York Red Bulls)
Shaq Moore (Nashville SC)
Tim Ream (Fulham)
Antonee Robinson (Fulham)
Joe Scally (Borussia Monchengladbach)
DeAndre Yedlin (Inter Miami)
Walker Zimmerman (Nashville SC)
GOALKEEPERS
Ethan Horvath (Luton Town)
Sean Johnson (NYCFC)
Matt Turner (Arsenal) [Reply]
the only question is how much we'll win this by. iran have nothing in the attack. their forwards are too slow to run onto just about any through ball. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hark Clunt:
the only question is how much we'll win this by. iran have nothing in the attack. their forwards are too slow to run onto just about any through ball.
Well, they’ll have to go for it in the second half because they’re out as it stands. They’re going to come out with an aggressive plan and we’ll see how US can deal with it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by GloryDayz:
Well it sucks not having DVR, so I can't go back and see it in slo-mo to see if he was, but on the replay they showed he looked fine.
They'll do a GPS-type recreation at the least, perhaps show the play itself if they have as good an angle as they can create in the simulator.
I know that sounds weird, but they aren't making it up. They have positional data covering every bit of the pitch for the whole game, so they'll plug that data into a simulation with player avatars to show where the offence occurred. [Reply]