The U.S. men’s national team had a very busy Thursday, with two different rosters for two different events being announced within hours of one another.
Shortly after the USMNT announced their CONCACAF Nations League roster, the preliminary squads for every Gold Cup participant were released by the confederation ahead of its larger summer tournament, which begins on June 16 with a preliminary round. The USMNT won’t begin play until the group stage gets underway on June 24.
The USMNT squad for that event will eventually be trimmed down significantly, but at the moment interim head coach B.J. Callaghan’s list of players tops out at 60. That list doesn’t include several injured players, including fixtures like Tyler Adams, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Tim Ream, and Zack Steffen, as well as up-and-coming prospects like Malik Tillman.
Notably, Aidan Morris is on both the USMNT and Canada rosters for the Gold Cup, indicating that the tug-of-war over the Columbus Crew midfielder may reach an end point when final squads are announced for the tournament.
Elsewhere, the squad includes five members of the U.S. under-20 national team that is currently gearing up for a U-20 World Cup quarterfinal on Sunday against Uruguay.
There is significant overlap with the team’s Nations League roster, but at least five players will leave camp before the Gold Cup begins. Josh Cohen, Sergiño Dest, Chris Richards, Antonee Robinson, and Walker Zimmerman are all on the Nations League roster but were not listed on the preliminary Gold Cup squad.
USMNT Gold Cup preliminary roster
Goalkeepers (5): Drake Callender (Inter Miami), Roman Celentano (FC Cincinnati), Sean Johnson (Toronto FC), Gabriel Slonina (Chelsea), Matt Turner (Arsenal)
Defenders (19): John Brooks (Hoffenheim), Marlon Fossey (Standard Liège), Jonathan Gómez (Real Sociedad), DeJuan Jones (New England Revolution), Aaron Long (Los Angeles FC), Mark McKenzie (KRC Genk), Matt Miazga (FC Cincinnati), Shaq Moore (Nashville SC), Jalen Neal (LA Galaxy), Erik Palmer-Brown (Troyes), Bryan Reynolds (KVC Westerlo), Miles Robinson (Atlanta United), James Sands (New York City FC), Joe Scally (Borussia Mönchengladbach), John Tolkin (New York Red Bulls), Auston Trusty (Arsenal), Caleb Wiley (Atlanta United), Joshua Wynder (Louisville City), DeAndre Yedlin (Inter Miami)
Midfielders (20): Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United), Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles FC), Taylor Booth (FC Utrecht), Gianluca Busio (Venezia), Johnny Cardoso (Internacional), Luca de la Torre (Celta Vigo), Julian Gressel (Vancouver Whitecaps), Richy Ledezma (New York City FC), Brooks Lennon (Atlanta United), Weston McKennie (Leeds United), Djordje Mihailovic (AZ), Aidan Morris (Columbus Crew), Yunus Musah (Valencia), Keaton Parks (New York City FC), Paxton Pomykal (FC Dallas), Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders), Alan Soñora (FC Juárez), Tanner Tessman (Venezia), Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles FC), Jackson Yueill (San Jose Earthquakes)
Forwards (16): Paul Arriola (FC Dallas), Folarin Balogun (Reims), Tyler Boyd (LA Galaxy), Cade Cowell (San Jose Earthquakes), Jeremy Ebobisse (San Jose Earthquakes), Jesús Ferreira (FC Dallas), Matthew Hoppe (Hibernian), Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders), Jordan Pefok (Union Berlin), Ricardo Pepi (FC Groningen), Christian Pulisic (Chelsea), Gio Reyna (Borussia Dortmund), Brandon Vazquez (FC Cincinnati), Tim Weah (Lille), Haji Wright (Antalyaspor), Alex Zendejas (Club América)
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