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Jamaica vs USMNT
Concacaf Nations League Quarter-Finals 2024/25 – First Leg
November 14, 2024
National Stadium; Kingston, Jamaica
Pre-game coverage: 7:30 PM ET on TNT, truTV, Universo, Max, Peacock and Fútbol de Primera Radio
Kick-off: 8pm ET on TNT, truTV, Universo, Max, Peacock 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. Jamaica: 1-Matte Turner; 22-Joe Scally, 4-Mark McKenzie, 13-Tim Ream (captain), 5-Antonee Robinson; 15-Johnny Cardoso, 18-Tanner Tessmann; 6–Yunus Musah, 8-Weston McKennie, 10-Christian Pulisic; 9-Ricardo Pepi

Substitutions: 16-Patrick Schulte, 21-Diego Kochen, 23-Zack Steffen, 2-Auston Trusty, 3-Chris Richards, 7-Alex Zendejas, 12-Miles Robinson, 14-Gianluca Busio, 17-Malik Tillman, 19-Cade Cowell, 20-Brandon Vazquez

Suspended: Tim Weah
Not available: Brenden Aaronson, Aidan Morris

GAME NOTES | FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JAMAICA

• USMNT starting XI (including this match): Christian Pulisic (75), Tim Ream (64), Weston McKennie (57), Antonee Robinson (49), Matt Turner (48), Yunus Musah (44), Ricardo Pepi (32 ), Johnny Cardoso (18), Joe Scally (18), Mark McKenzie (16), Tanner Tessmann (5)
• Tonight’s USMNT Starting XI has an average age of 25 years and 328 days.
• The starting eleven has an average of 38 caps and 22 in the official competition.
• Midfielders Johnny Cardoso and Weston McKennie will get their first caps under Mauricio Pochettino, while fellow midfielder Tanner Tessmann and forward Ricardo Pepi will collect their first starts for the new USMNT head coach.
• McKennie earns his USMNT-leading 15th Concacaf Nations League appearance. He also holds the team lead with six total goals in the league.
• Christian Pulisic collects his 75th cap, becoming the 33rd player to achieve that mark for the USMNT.
• No. 13 Tim Ream will captain the USMNT for the 13th time tonight. The US is 8W-3L-1D when Ream wears the bracelet.
• Ricardo Pepi, Tim Ream and Antonee Robinson all earn their 10th appearance of 2024. It marks the third calendar year that Robinson has racked up double-digit caps (2021, 2022) and the second year for both Pepi (2023) and Ream (2019).
• The back four of Scally, McKenzie, Ream and Robinson will start together for the second time, following their 2-0 win over Panama in Austin, Texas earlier last month.
• Midfielders Brenden Aaronson and Aidan Morris and forward Tim Weah are unavailable tonight. Aaronson developed flu-like symptoms and did not travel to Jamaica. He is currently in St. Louis and will be joined by the team tomorrow. Aidan Morris suffered a right knee sprain in training and has been ruled out of the November games. Weah is serving the second of a two-match suspension for the red card he received against Panama in the Copa America on June 27.
• Three starters have scored against Jamaica. Pulisic bagged a brace and McKennie added the other goal in the USA’s 3–1 win in the Concacaf Gold Cup semi-final on July 3, 2019 in Nashville. Pepi scored both U.S. goals in the 2-0 victory in FIFA World Cup Qualifying on Oct. 7, 2021, in Austin.
• Eight starters appeared in the USA’s final match against Jamaica, a 3–1 overtime victory in the Concacaf Nations League semifinals on March 21, 2024 in Arlington, Texas. Matt Turner, Joe Scally, Antonee Robinson, Yunus Musah, Weston McKennie and Christian Pulisic started the match, while Johnny Cardoso and Ricardo Pepi came off the bench.
• Four starters featured in the USMNT’s last visit to Jamaica, a 1-1 draw in World Cup qualifying on November 16, 2021. Antonee Robinson, Yunus Musah and Ricardo Pepi started the match, with Christian Pulisic coming off the bench .
• The U.S. is 20W-3L-10D in 33 all-time meetings with Jamaica and 3W-1L-6D in away games. The USMNT last won a match in Jamaica on June 7, 2013 during FIFA World Cup Qualifying.
• In total, 24 of the 33 all-time matches between the US and Jamaica have been decided by a goal or less.
• Juan Gabriel Calderon from Costa Rica is the referee tonight. He previously refereed the USA’s 1-1 draw at Jamaica during FIFA World Cup Qualifying on November 16, 2021.