LINEUP NOTES
Mexico vs. USMNT
Internationally friendly
October 15, 2024
Estadio Akron; Guadalajara, Mexico
Pre-game coverage: 9:30 PM ET on TNT, Max and Fútbol de Primera Radio
Kick-off: 10:30 PM ET on TNT, Max and Fútbol de Primera Radio
Social media: @USMNT on X and Instagram; US Soccer on Facebook, the US Soccer app

Tonight’s USMNT starting eleven vs. Mexico: 1-Matt Turner, 4-Mark McKenzie, 5-Antonee Robinson, 6-Yunus Musah, 7-Aidan Morris, 11-Brenden Aaronson, 13-Tim Ream (captain), 14-Gianluca Busio, 17-Malik Tillman, 22 – Joe Scally, 24-Josh Sargent

Substitutes: 16-Patrick Schulte, 18-Ethan Horvath, 2-Auston Trusty, 12-Miles Robinson, 15-Tanner Tessmann, 19-Haji Wright, 20-Brandon Vazquez, 21-Alex Zendejas, 23-Kristoffer Lund

GAME NOTES | FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MEXICO

• USMNT starting XI (including this match): Tim Ream (64), Antonee Robinson (48), Matt Turner (47), Brenden Aaronson (46), Yunus Musah (43), Josh Sargent (27), Joe Scally (17 ), Mark McKenzie (16), Malik Tillman (16), Gianluca Busio (15), Aidan Morris (9).
• Mauricio Pochettino’s USMNT starting XI has an average age of 25 years and 190 days.
• The starting eleven has an average of 31 international matches.
• Mauricio Pochettino makes one change to the lineup that started against Panama on Saturday, bringing in Malik Tillman for Christian Pulisic, who returned to AC Milan on Sunday.
• Both Tillman and midfielder Aidan Morris earn their first away starts for the USMNT tonight.
• Tim Ream will captain the USMNT for the twelfth time tonight. The US is 8W-1L-2D when Ream wears the bracelet.
• Ream, who was part of a three-man backline in the USA’s 1-1 draw against Mexico in World Cup qualifying on June 11, 2017, is one of three starters to face El Tri away. He is joined by both Yunus Musah and Antonee Robinson, who started the USMNT’s 0-0 draw against Mexico in World Cup qualifying on March 24, 2022.
• Musah, Robinson and Matt Turner all collect their 10th caps of the year, making Pulisic the team leader in 2024.
• Turner (2021-2024) is only the second USMNT goalkeeper to reach double-digit caps in four consecutive years, joining Tony Meola who did so in five consecutive years between 1990 and 1994.
• Both Musah (2022, 2023, 2024) and Robinson (2021, 2022, 2024) achieved double figures in a calendar year for the third time in their international careers.
• Brenden Aaronson starts four games in a row for the first time in his international career.
• Forward Josh Sargent will start back-to-back USMNT matches for the first time since the 2021 Concacaf Nations League Final Four, where the US defeated Honduras 1-0 (June 3, 2021) and Mexico 3-2 in overtime (6 June 2021). 2021) in Deventer.
• Midfielder Gianluca Busio earns his first away start since the 1-1 draw against Jamaica in World Cup qualifying on November 16, 2021.
• After the 2-0 shutout of Panama on Saturday, the backline of Joe Scally, Mark McKenzie, Tim Ream and Antonee Robinson will work together for the second time tonight.
• The US is 24W-36L-17D in 77 games against El Tri and 1W-23L-4D in 28 matches on Mexican soil.