LINEUP NOTES
USMNT vs Panama
Internationally friendly
October 12, 2024
Q2 Stadium; Austin, Texas
Pre-game coverage: 8:30 PM ET on TNT, Telemundo, Universo, Max, Peacock and Fútbol de Primera Radio
Kick-off: 9:00 PM ET on TNT, Telemundo, 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. Panama: 1-Matt Turner, 4-Mark McKenzie, 5-Antonee Robinson, 6-Yunus Musah, 7-Aidan Morris, 10-Christian Pulisic, 11-Brenden Aaronson, 13-Tim Ream (captain), 14-Gianluca Busio, 22 – Joe Scally, 24-Josh Sargent

Substitutions: 16-Patrick Schulte, 18-Ethan Horvath, 2-Auston Trusty, 8-Weston McKennie, 9-Ricardo Pepi, 12-Miles Robinson, 15-Tanner Tessmann, 17-Malik Tillman, 19-Haji Wright, 20-Brandon Vazquez, 21-Alex Zendejas, 23-Kristoffer Lund

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• USMNT starting XI (including this match): Christian Pulisic (74), Tim Ream (63), Antonee Robinson (47), Matt Turner (46), Brenden Aaronson (45), Yunus Musah (42), Josh Sargent (26 ), Joe Scally (16), Mark McKenzie (15), Gianluca Busio (14), Aidan Morris (8).
• Mauricio Pochettino’s first USMNT starting XI has an average age of 25 years and 292 days.
• The starting eleven has an average of 35 caps.
• Five players started the 1-1 draw against New Zealand on September 10: Brenden Aaronson, Mark McKenzie, Aidan Morris, Yunus Musah and Matt Turner.
• Tim Ream will captain the USMNT for the eleventh time tonight. After making his international debut nearly 14 years ago, Ream becomes the 10th USMNT fielder to earn a cap after his 37th birthday, and the first to do so since Preki on September 5, 2001 in Costa Rica.
• USMNT field players wearing caps after their 37th birthday: Fernando Clavijo (7), Thomas Dooley (7), Ed Murphy (7), Tibor Resznecki (3), Tom Florie (2), Preki (2), Gordon Bradley (1) , Doug Farquhar (1), Derek Nash (1).
• Midfielder Gianluca Busio earns his first cap and starts since the Gold Cup semi-final against Panama on July 12, 2023 in San Diego.
• Striker Josh Sargent, who already has four goals and three assists for Norwich City this season, makes his first start since the 1-0 win against IR Iran on November 29, 2022 at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
• Midfielder Brenden Aaronson starts three USMNT matches in a row for the second time, and the first since World Cup qualification in October and November 2021: 2-1 win vs. Costa Rica (Oct. 13, 2021), 2-0 win vs. Mexico (November 12, 2021) and 1-1 draw at Jamaica (November 16, 2021).
• Similarly, center back Mark McKenzie will start back-to-back USMNT matches for the first time since June 2021, a 3-2 extra-time win against Mexico (June 6, 2021) and a 4-0 friendly win against Costa Rica (9 June 2021). 2021).
• Christian Pulisic, the current side’s all-time biggest cap winner, makes his team-leading 10th appearance of 2024 tonight. It is the fourth calendar year in which Pulisic has reached double figures.
• Pulisic has six career goal contributions in five career games against Panama (4 goals, 2 assists), and trails only Landon Donovan (7 – 4 goals, 3 assists) in the all-time highest USMNT goal contributions against the Marea Roja.