USMNT vs Panama: Starting XI and Lineup Notes | copa america 2024

Lineup Notes
usmnt vs panama
2024 Copa America Group stage match number 2
27 June 2024
Mercedes-Benz Stadium; ATLANTA, GA.
Pre-game coverage: 5 p.m. ET on FOX, Univision, TUDN
Kickoff: 6 p.m. ET on Fox, Univision, TUDN, FDP Radio
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Tonight’s USMNT starting XI vs Panama: 1-Matt Turner; 3-Chris Richards, 4-Tyler Adams, 5-Antony Robinson, 7-Gio Reyna, 8-Weston McKennie, 10-Christian Pulisic (Captain), 13-Tim Ream, 20-Folarin Balogun, 21-Tim Weah, 22- joe scali

Substitutes: 18-Ethan Horvath, 25-Sean Johnson, 2-Cameron Carter-Vickers, 6-Yunus Musa, 9-Ricardo Pepi, 11-Brandon Aaronson, 12-Miles Robinson, 14-Luca De La Torre, 15-Jonny Cardoso , 16-Shaq Moore, 17-Malik Tillman, 19-Haji Wright, 23-Christopher Lund, 24-Mark McKenzie, 26-Josh Sargent

Game Notes | Five things to know about Panama

• USMNT starting XI cap numbers (including this match): Christian Pulisic (70), Tim Ream (60), Weston McKennie (55), Antoine Robinson (45), Matt Turner (43), Tyler Adams (41), Tim Weah ( 41), Gio Reyna (30), Chris Richards (20), Folarin Balogun (14), Joe Scally (13).

• USMNT starting XI cap numbers in official competition (including this match): Christian Pulisic (49), Matt Turner (33), Weston McKennie (32), Tim Ream (31), Antoine Robinson (29), Tyler Adams (23), Tim Weah (21), Gio Reyna (18), Chris Richards (11), Folarin Balogun (8), Joe Scally (7).

• The average age of today’s starting XI is 25 years, 343 days.

• The starting XI’s average of 23 caps is the highest number under Greg Berhalter in the official competition. The overall lineup averages 38.3 caps.

• Berhalter starts the same eleven that faced Bolivia on Sunday night. This is the first time they have started the same lineup in back-to-back matches since the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals and semifinals against Jamaica and Qatar, respectively.

• The backline of Antoine Robinson, Tim Ream, Chris Richards and Joe Scally starts together for the fourth-straight match, marking the first time the USMNT has used the same back four in four consecutive matches since the 2011 Concacaf Gold Cup.

• Nearly 14 years after his international debut, veteran defender Tim Ream earned his 50th start in his 60th cap for the USMNT.

• Midfielder Tyler Adams is starting back-to-back matches for the first time since the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

• Christian Pulisic became the seventh player to captain the USMNT 25 times. When Pulisic wears the armband the USA is 17W-3L-4D.

• Pulisic’s four career goals against Panama are tied for the most goals all-time among USMNT players, tied with Jozy Altidore, Clint Dempsey, Landon Donovan and Eddie Johnson. The attacker scored the opening goal in a 4–0 World Cup qualifying win on October 6, 2017 and then scored a hat-trick in the team’s 5–1 qualifying win on May 27, 2022.

• Tonight’s match marks the 10th time that the forward trio of Folarin Balogun, Christian Pulisic and Tim Weah will start together. In their first nine games starting together, the three players have combined for 19 goal contributions (12 goals, 7 assists), and at least one player has been involved in 14 of the 23 goals scored by the USMNT in that time.

• Midfielder Gio Reyna has contributed six goals (two goals, four assists) in his last five games against CONCACAF opposition.

• Reyna also scored his first international goal against Panama in the 18th minute of the United States’ 6–2 victory in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, on November 16, 2020.

• Chris Richards also made his debut in a 2020 friendly against Panama.

• Watch Caution: Midfielder Weston McKennie receives a yellow card in this match. If he gets another chance tonight, he will face a one-game suspension for next Monday’s group final against Uruguay.

• Greg Berhalter is 44W-15L-13D in 72 games as head coach of the USMNT and 29W-7L-7D in 43 games in official competition.

• The USMNT is 17W-2L-7D all-time against Panama and 13W-2L-7D against la maria rosa In matches in official competition. After Mexico, Panama is the United States’ second-most common opponent since 2010, with tonight’s match being the 19th meeting in the last 14 years.

• The USMNT will advance to the 2024 Copa America quarterfinals with a U.S. win against Panama tonight and a win or draw for Uruguay against Bolivia.

• Five substitutions are allowed at three different moments. Halftime does not count as a substitution moment.

• Tonight’s match will be officiated by El Salvador’s Ivan Barton. This is the seventh USMNT match Mr. Barton has officiated in, with the USA going 5W-0L-1D in the last six matches. Their last three US matches include a 2-0 World Cup qualifying win against Mexico on November 12, 2021, a 5-1 World Cup qualifying win against Panama on March 27, 2022, and a 3-0 Concacaf Nations League semi-final win. Mexico on June 15, 2023.