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]
Zimmerman has been benched!!! Cameron Carter Vickers gets the start. Wish this would have been the lineup all along. I like that Berhalter is actually making an adjustment to what we’ve seen. Zimmerman has been bad and I don’t think we could get much worse back there. Getting CCV the minutes in the World Cup makes the most sense for now and the future. No MLS players in the starting lineup for the haters saying there was MLS favoritism. [Reply]
Zimmerman has been benched!!! Cameron Carter Vickers gets the start. Wish this would have been the lineup all along. I like that Berhalter is actually making an adjustment to what we’ve seen. Zimmerman has been bad and I don’t think we could get much worse back there. Getting CCV the minutes in the World Cup makes the most sense for now and the future. No MLS players in the starting lineup for the haters saying there was MLS favoritism.
Still have an MLS mind running the team though. :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by penguinz:
Still have an MLS mind running the team though. :-)
Well, it’s an elimination game and he’s named two guys to the 11 who played a total of 1 game in qualifying. Fans usually want to see a manager who isn’t afraid to make changes and he’s done something risky here that will be talked about. [Reply]
You're always going to have idiots complaining about how to fix a sport they don't care about, and won't, even if it's changed to their requirements.
I'm the same way with baseball. I have many ideas for how the game would be more entertaining to me, but it would change the entire sport and I probably wouldn't watch anyway. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Gary Cooper:
You're always going to have idiots complaining about how to fix a sport they don't care about, and won't, even if it's changed to their requirements.
I'm the same way with baseball. I have many ideas for how the game would be more entertaining to me, but it would change the entire sport and I probably wouldn't watch anyway.
I am just glad that we finally had someone come in here and make a “soccer sucks” post. I was afraid we might get through this whole month-long competition without someone letting us know that they don’t like it. Thankfully we’ve finally had someone step into the breach. [Reply]
I don't understand how Tom Rinaldi is still going. The guy has done every single US match, and in between he was at the Cowboys game on Thanksgiving, the Ohio State/Michigan game and he was at Arrowhead on Sunday and now he's back on the sidelines in Qatar. Dude's had to fly like 10K miles in the last week. [Reply]
