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

NOTES ON THE SETUP
USMNT vs Uruguay
Copa America 2024 | Group Stage Match No. 3
July 1, 2024
GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium; Kansas City, Mo.
Pre-Game Coverage: 8:00 p.m. ET on FS1, Univision, TUDN
Starts at 9:00pm ET on FS1, Univision, TUDN, FDP Radio
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The USMNT starting lineup for tonight against Uruguay: 1-Matt Turner; 3-Chris Richards, 4-Tyler Adams, 5-Antonee Robinson, 6-Yunus Musah, 7-Gio Reyna, 8-Weston McKennie, 10-Christian Pulisic (captain), 13-Tim Ream, 20-Folarin Balogun, 22-Joe Scally

Substitutes: 18-Ethan Horvath, 25-Sean Johnson, 2-Cameron Carter-Vickers, 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

Suspended: 21-Tim Weah

GAME NOTES | FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT URUGUAY

• USMNT Starting XI Cap Numbers (including this match): Christian Pulisic (71), Tim Ream (61), Weston McKennie (56), Antonee Robinson (46), Matt Turner (44), Tyler Adams (42), Yunus Musah (39), Gio Reyna (31), Chris Richards (21), Folarin Balogun (15), Joe Scally (14).

• USMNT Starting XI Cap Numbers in official competition (including this match): Christian Pulisic (50), Matt Turner (34), Weston McKennie (33), Tim Ream (32), Antonee Robinson (30), Yunus Musah (25), Tyler Adams (24), Gio Reyna (19), Chris Richards (12), Folarin Balogun (9), Joe Scally (8).

• The current starting eleven has an average age of 25 years and 255 days.

• The starting eleven has an average of 39 caps and 24 official league matches behind them.

• Gregg Berhalter makes one change to the lineup for Thursday’s match against Panama, with Yunus Musah making his first start of the tournament, replacing suspended striker Tim Weah.

• Christian Pulisic becomes the 15th USMNT player to earn 50 competitive appearances. At 25 years, 287 days, he is the second-youngest to do so after Landon Donovan (25 years, 100 days) on June 12, 2007 against El Salvador in the Concacaf Gold Cup.

• Pulisic also serves as USMNT captain for the 26th time tonight. The USA is ranked 17W-4L-4D when Pulisic wears the armband.

• Pulisic’s five career goals against CONMEBOL opponents puts him tied with Clint Dempsey and Bert Patenaude for second all-time among USMNT players. He is just one goal behind Landon Donovan with six.

• Yunus Musah (21 years, 215 days) becomes the youngest U.S. national team player to earn 25 caps in an official competition, beating Jozy Altidore, who was 21 years, 220 days old when he earned his 25th competitive appearance against Guadeloupe in the Gold Cup on June 14, 2011.

• Matt Turner will earn his 33rd cap in official competition, which will move him equal with Brad Guzan for third all-time among USMNT goalkeepers and behind only Tim Howard (68) and Kasey Keller (67). Turner is 21W-4L-7D and has kept 19 clean sheets in competitive play for the U.S.

• With his decisive goal on Thursday against Panama, striker Folarin Balogun became the second US national team player to score in two consecutive Copa América matches, joining Clint Dempsey (2016).

• The defensive line of Antonee Robinson, Tim Ream, Chris Richards and Joe Scally will start together for the fifth consecutive game.

• Six starters appeared in the U.S. last meeting with Uruguay, a 0-0 draw on June 5, 2022, in Kansas City, Kansas. Tyler Adams, Weston McKennie, Yunus Musah, Christian Pulisic and Joe Scally all started the match, while Antonee Robinson came off the bench in the second half.

• CAUTION WATCH: Midfielders Weston McKennie (Bolivia), Chris Richards (Panama) and Antonee Robinson (Panama) have each been given a yellow card for this match. Should any of them receive a caution tonight, they will be suspended for a potential Copa América quarter-final.

• Gregg Berhalter has 44W-16L-13D in 73 games as head coach of the USMNT and is 29-8-7 in 44 games in official competition.

• The U.S. is 2W-2L-4D all-time against Uruguay in a series that began at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. The USMNT is undefeated in its last four games against The Heavenly, since 1995 1W-0L-3D.

• The USMNT is 15W-7L-5D all-time entering the third group stage match of a traditional tournament. The team has won each of its last six matches in this scenario, dating back to a 1-0 win over Paraguay at the 2016 Copa América Centenario.

• Five substitutions are allowed at three different times. Halftime does not count as a substitution time.

• Tonight’s match will be officiated by Peru’s Kevin Ortega. This will be the first time that Mr. Ortega, who at 30 was the youngest referee at the 2022 World Cup, will officiate a U.S. national team match. He previously oversaw a match with Uruguay, a 3-0 win for The heaven against Bolivia in the 2026 World Cup qualification on November 21, 2023 in Montevideo.