The striker of Norwich Josh Sargent is preferred over the rising star Ricardo Pepi in the United States call for him world, the coach announced Wednesday Gregg Berhalterwhich also left the goalkeeper Zack Steffen.
Berhalter, which the team will face Welsh and England in Cluster B as well as A Iran in the first round, he chose to focus on players accustomed to the commitment of British football. He chose Sargent over the emerging talent Pepi (19 years old), who plays in Groningenand of Tim Reamdefense of Fulham.
“In the case of Ricardo (Pepi), I had a hard time talking to him” to explain my choice, said Berhalter. “It is always very difficult to leave a player who helped you qualify for the World Cup. He scored three goals in qualifying and will not be part of the adventure.”
“Josh plays in the English second division, last season he played in the Premier League. We will play Wales and England and those teams will have a lot of players from those leagues.“, said.
“We weighed the pros and cons and finally decided it was important to pick players from leagues where most of the opponents in our group play. They will provide additional value thanks to their physical dimension” added the coach.
A bigger surprise was the non-selection of 27-year-old goalkeeper Zack Steffen, who was regularly called up during qualification.
Instead Berhalter chose the substitute goalkeeper of Arsenal Matt Turnerthe usual Cooked Ethan Horvath and the goalkeeper mls of New York Sean Johnson.
“We’ve seen a lot of improvement in Matt Turner over the last six months, we know Ethan Horvath is playing at a good level for Luton, and Sean Johnson is a mainstay in our squad.Berhalter said.
“We’ll break it all down in our training sessions, but the balance is in Turner’s favor right now.“to be the starting goalkeeper in the World Cup.
The rest of the team is unsurprising, including midfielder Weston McKenniefrom Juventus, and the forwards Christian Pulisic (Chelsea), Gio Reyna (Borussia Dortmund) Timothy Weah (Lille), son of a George Weahin the template.
At the World Cup, Team USA will face Wales on November 21, England on November 25 and Iran on November 29 in Group B.
THE LIST OF 26
Goalkeepers: Horvath (Luton Town/ENG), Turner (Arsenal/ENG), Johnson (New York City FC/USA)
TheDefenses: Ream (Fulham/ENG), Dest (AC Milan/ITA), Robinson (Fulham/ENG), Carter-Vickers (Celtic Glasgow/SCO), Zimmerman (Nashville/USA), Yedlin (Inter Miami/USA), Moore (Nashville SC/USA), Scally (Monchengladbach/GER), Long (New York Red Bulls/USA)
TheMidfielders: Aaronson (Leeds/ENG), Acosta (Los Angeles FC/USA), Adams (Leeds/ENG), Luca de la Torre (Celta Vigo/ESP), McKennie (Juventus/ITA), Musah (Valencia/ESP), Roldan ( Seattle Sounders/USA)
Forward: Ferreira (Dallas/USA), Morris (Seattle Sounders/USA), Pulisic (Chelsea/ENG), Reyna (Borussia Dortmund/GER), Sargent (Norwich/ENG), Weah (Lille/FRA), Wright (Antalyaspor/TUR)
Source: La Verdad
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