International Friendly: USA vs Saudi Arabia

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Saudi Arabia vs USMNT
international friendly
September 27 2022
Estadio Nueva Condomina; Murcia, Spain
Pre-match coverage: 1:30PM ET on FS1, UniMás, TUDN
Kick-off: 2pm ET on FS1, UniMás, TUDN
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USMNT starts today XI vs Saudi Arabia: 1- Matt Turner, 2-Sergiño Dest, 3-Walker Zimmerman, 4-Tyler Adams, 5-Aaron Long, 8-Weston McKennie, 10-Christian Pulisic (capt.), 19-Ricardo Pepi, 21-Gio Reyna, 22 —Deandre Yadlin, 23-Clean Acosta

Subs: 18-Ethan Horvath, 25-Shawn Johnson, 6-Sam Vines, 7-Paul Areola, 9-Jesus Ferreira, 11-Brenden Aronson, 12-Eric Palmer-Brown, 13-Jordan Morris, 14-Luca de la Torre . 15- Johnny Cardoso, 16- Mark McKenzie, 17- Malek Tillman, 24- Josh Sargent, 26- Joe Scully

game notes | Five things to know about Saudi Arabia

• USMNT starting XI Cap Numbers (including this match): DeAndre Yedlin (75), Kellyn Acosta (53), Christian Pulisic (52), Weston McKennie (37), Walker Zimmerman (33), Tyler Adams (32), Aaron Long (29), Matt Turner (20), Serginio Dest (19), Gio Reina (14), Ricardo Pepe (12)

• Today’s average age of onset XI is 25 years and 73 days.

• The squad averages 33 caps – the highest average USMNT maximum figure as of XI since October 15, 2019 in Canada (36 caps).

• Greg Berhalter made four changes to the squad from Friday’s game against Japan, bringing in Deandre Yedlin in the backline, Klein Acosta in the midfield, and Ricardo Pepe and Christian Pulisic up front.

• Returning to the squad after being suspended from Friday’s game, Christian Pulisic leads 11^{The tenth} time tonight. USMNT is 7-1-2 when Pulisic wears an armband.

• DeAndre Yedlin will get 75 for it^{The tenth} USMNT Cover, Move to Tie with Mike Burns for 31^Street In the team’s post list all the time. This is Yedlin’s second appearance against an Asian competitor, as he made his USA debut on February 1, 2014 against South Korea.

• Ricardo Pepe made his first appearance since he started the World Cup qualifying final on March 30th in Costa Rica.

• Matt Turner becomes the ninth USMNT goalkeeper to make 20 caps. The 27-year-old has a 14-3-2 record, keeping 13 clean sheets in his previous 19 matches. He participated in only two matches behind Nick Raimando (22) to occupy the eighth place in the team’s goalkeeper list.

• Tyler Adams, Christian Pulisic, and Walker Zimmerman make 10 players^{The tenth} 2022 appearances, moving to a tie with Anthony Robinson to lead the team.

• With today’s hats, Adams and Zimmerman also tied their career high looks into the calendar year. Both players also played 10 times in 2021.

• Colin Acosta, Tyler Adams and Weston McKinney line up together in a three-man midfield for the first time.

• Likewise, Ricardo Pepe, Christian Pulisic and Gio Reina will get their first act as a front-line trio in today’s match.

• Ricardo Pepe and Christian Pulisic are making their international debut against Asian rivals.
  
• Defender Reggie Cannon was diagnosed with a strain in his left thigh after Friday’s game and is unavailable for selection today.

• USMNT will wear 25 players, while Saudi Arabia will wear 26 players for today’s match. Six substitutions are allowed at three different moments. The first half does not count as a substitution moment.

• USMNT is 3-2-0 at all times against Saudi Arabia. This is the first meeting between the two teams since the 1999 Confederations Cup third-place play-off, which the FA won 2-0 behind goals from Paul Bravo and Brian McBride.

• USMNT coach Greg Berhalter made his international debut against Saudi Arabia in a friendly match on October 19, 1994 in Dhahran. USMNT is 36-10-9 in 55 games under Greg Berhalter.

• Ivan Bebek of Croatia is the referee for tonight’s match. This is the first time he has run a USMNT match.