Pulisic, McKennie top U.S. roster for Oct. games

AC Milan attacker Christian Pulisic, Juventus midfielder Weston McKennie and Fulham defender Antonee Robinson item the 26-player roster named connected Thursday by United States men's nationalist squad manager Mauricio Pochettino for 2 friendlies successful the October planetary window.

The U.S. volition play Ecuador successful Austin, Texas, connected Oct. 10, followed by different lucifer 4 days aboriginal against Australia successful Commerce City, Colorado. All 3 countries person already qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup to beryllium hosted adjacent summertime by Canada, Mexico and the United States. Players volition statesman reporting for grooming campy successful Austin connected Oct. 4.

Following a September model that featured immoderate experimentation successful presumption of personnel, this roster is comprised mostly of players 1 would expect to diagnostic for the afloat U.S. team. Robinson received his archetypal call-up for 2025 aft recovering from genu country past May, portion McKennie returns for the archetypal clip since the Concacaf Nations League past March.

Other returnees see Leeds United midfielder Brenden Aaronson, Celtic defender Cameron Carter-Vickers, Middlesbrough midfielder Aidan Morris, Lyon midfielder Tanner Tessmann and New England Revolution goalkeeper Matt Turner. St. Pauli midfielder James Sands earned his archetypal call-up nether Pochettino.

Tessmann and Morris were some rewarded for outstanding starts to the nine season, with Tessmann scoring doubly successful caller weeks for Lyon, portion Morris has earned aggregate Man of the Match awards with Middlesbrough. Club América midfielder Alejandro Zendejas has continued his good form, scoring doubly successful a caller triumph implicit Pumas UNAM successful Liga MX. Coventry City guardant

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