Tag: Matt Turner

USMNT goalkeeper Turner left off Nottingham Forest squad for Premier League opener

The USMNT starter appears to be third-string at his club

Matt Turner appears to have been demoted at Nottingham Forest — again.

The U.S. men’s national team goalkeeper was not in Forest’s matchday squad for its Premier League opener against Bournemouth on Saturday, indicating he may have dropped to third on the depth chart.

Turner joined Forest last summer in a £10 million move from Arsenal. After a promising start to his time at the City Ground, the 30-year-old would eventually lose his starting position due to a series of high-profile errors.

Forest signed Matz Sels from Strasbourg in February, relegating Turner to a spot on the bench for the remainder of the Premier League season.

In the summer, Forest signed goalkeeper Carlos Miguel from Corinthians. The Brazilian was on the bench on Saturday, with Sels in goal to kick off the 2024-25 season.

With Turner’s chances of playing time now seemingly gone at Forest, the focus will turn to whether he can secure a move away before the transfer window closes at the end of August.

CBS Sports has reported that Turner has been subject to interest from Bundesliga and La Liga clubs this summer.

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Nottingham Forest signs goalkeeper Miguel, putting Turner on notice

Could the USMNT goalkeeper’s time at Forest end after just a year?

Nottingham Forest has signed goalkeeper Carlos Miguel from Corinthians, putting Matt Turner’s future with the club into further doubt.

Miguel, 25, has signed a four-year deal with the Premier League club after building a reputation as one of the top goalkeepers in Brazil.

The 6-foot-8 goalkeeper’s arrival creates a logjam at the position, with Forest likely to offload at least one player before the season begins.

Turner may be one of those players sold, with the U.S. national team starter now seemingly in a fight just to retain his position as a backup.

The 30-year-old joined Forest last summer in a £10 million move from Arsenal. After a promising start to his time at the City Ground, Turner would eventually lose his starting position due to a series of high-profile errors.

Forest signed Matz Sels from Strasbourg in February, relegating Turner to a spot on the bench for the remainder of the Premier League season.

After he was benched a second time, Turner admitted that he may ultimately have to “move backwards” if things didn’t work out for him at Forest.

Recent reports have indicated that Forest is willing to listen to offers for Turner, as well as fellow goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos.

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USMNT goalkeeper Turner opens up on ‘shameful feeling’ after early Copa America exit

The U.S. was eliminated from a group from which it was expected to advance easily

Matt Turner has admitted he is dealing with a “shameful feeling” after the U.S. men’s national team crashed out of the Copa América at the group stage.

The USMNT fell 1-0 to Uruguay on Monday night, confirming a third-place finish in a group that also included Bolivia and Panama.

The tournament started well enough with a 2-0 win over Bolivia, but everything changed after a stunning 2-1 loss to Panama that was sparked by Tim Weah’s first-half red card.

The USMNT’s early exit has sent shockwaves through the program, which expected to at least reach the knockout phase after a draw that appeared to offer a straightforward path to advancement.

Instead, the USMNT will have to reflect on a huge missed opportunity that may end up costing head coach Gregg Berhalter his job.

After taking a couple days to reflect, Turner posted a lengthy statement on his Instagram account, saying that he and his teammates could only use their elimination “as fuel for what is no longer acceptable.”

“It’s going to take a long time for the dust to settle from this summer,” the goalkeeper said.

“This is a shameful feeling that we will use for years to come as fuel for what is no longer acceptable as players. We need to hold each other and ourselves accountable and for all the good that we did, we didn’t get the results necessary in the end to achieve our ultimate goal.

“I understand that for many, it was a difficult summer to support the USMNT. I just wanted to thank everyone for the love and energy we felt for all of it, nearly 60,000 people at all 5 games we played. We know it’s a huge opportunity missed to do something special on our home soil, we put so much into it emotionally, mentally and physically and although the results lacked I hope the fans felt that fight and desire from the team.

“Right now it’s time to reflect and to get together with family for a few weeks before we are back at it! Thanks for all the love and continued support.”

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USMNT vs. Uruguay Copa America lineup: Turner starts despite injury worry

Turner is fit to play as Berhalter makes just one change to the side that lost to Panama

The U.S. men’s national team, facing a fight to stay alive at the 2024 Copa América, is making as few changes as possible for Monday’s clash with Uruguay.

With Matt Turner a major injury worry and at least one change assured thanks to Tim Weah’s red card against Panama, coach Gregg Berhalter had a chance to freshen up a side that has not exactly impressed in Group C.

Instead, the USMNT will take the field at Arrowhead Stadium having made just one alteration to the 11 that started against both Panama and Bolivia.

Turner’s place in the lineup was the biggest question mark looming for Berhalter, but the Nottingham Forest goalkeeper got the nod to take on La Celeste.

Turner was injured in a collision with Panama forward César Blackman in Thursday’s 2-1 loss, eventually coming off at halftime.

Berhalter told reporters that Turner was a “limited” participant in training heading into this group-stage finale, and ultimately the USMNT staff must have seen enough to gamble on his fitness.

Meanwhile, Berhalter’s lone change is to bring Yunus Musah in for the suspended Weah. In all likelihood, Gio Reyna will move up to the front three, with Musah coming into a midfield role.

However, it is possible for the USMNT to set up in a diamond 4-4-2, with Christian Pulisic and Folarin Balogun playing as a front two ahead of Reyna in a No. 10 role.

No matter how the team shapes up, a win is likely required for the USMNT to advance to the knockout stages.

Technically, the U.S. must simply match or better Panama’s result against Bolivia in a match that will be played simultaneously at Inter&Co. Stadium in Orlando.

The right result would put the USMNT into the quarterfinals, but scoreboard watching is a must for the team and fans. A one-goal U.S. win, for example, would still not be enough if Panama were to beat Bolivia by a margin of three or more.

Uruguay coach Marcelo Bielsa, meanwhile, made no changes to the side that crushed Bolivia 5-0 on Thursday. Only a very unlikely scenario involving a four-plus-goal U.S. win would put Uruguay in any danger of missing out on the knockout stages.

USMNT lineup vs. Uruguay

(4-3-3): Matt Turner; Joe Scally, Chris Richards, Tim Ream, Antonee Robinson; Weston McKennie, Tyler Adams, Yunus Musah; Gio Reyna, Folarin Balogun, Christian Pulisic (capt.)

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Will Matt Turner start USMNT’s do-or-die match against Uruguay?

The USMNT goalkeeper suffered a leg injury in last week’s loss to Panama

Matt Turner’s status appears to be very much unknown ahead of the U.S. men’s national team’s crucial match against Uruguay on Monday night.

The USMNT will face La Celeste with its Copa América fate hanging in the balance. Gregg Berhalter’s team likely needs a win to avoid elimination, but even three points won’t guarantee a spot in the quarterfinal.

Having starting goalkeeper Turner healthy for the match in Kansas City would be a major boost. But in his pre-game press conference on Sunday, Berhalter said his team’s No. 1 hasn’t been a full participant in training.

“Matt did limited training yesterday and then limited training again today,” said Berhalter. “We will continue to monitor him to see his status.”

Turner suffered a leg injury in the USMNT’s 2-1 defeat to Panama on Thursday night.

The Nottingham Forest goalkeeper took a heavy blow from Panama midfielder César Blackman 11 minutes into the game. As Turner went up to claim an aerial ball, Blackman collided with with Turner’s leg and the goalkeeper landed hard on his shoulder.

Turner managed to stay in the game for the next 35 minutes, but was replaced at the break by Ethan Horvath.

Horvath would go on to concede Panama’s late winner, as the 10-man USMNT was unable to hold on for what would have been a vital point.

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USMNT goalkeeper Turner taken off with injury vs. Panama

Turner was involved in a heavy collision early in the first half

The U.S. men’s national team suffered a major blow when goalkeeper Matt Turner was forced out of Thursday’s Copa América match against Panama with an injury.

Turner was involved in a collision with Panama midfielder César Blackman within the first 11 minutes of the game in Atlanta. A long cross came in from the left side and Turner came out to claim, but Blackman clattered into his leg as he was airborne and the keeper landed hard on his shoulder.

USMNT medical staff examined Turner on the pitch and the 30-year-old was cleared to return to the field. He managed to play the remainder of the half, but was in too much discomfort to continue and had to be replaced by Ethan Horvath at the break.

Fox reporter Jenny Taft said that Turner was removed because he was suffering from a leg injury.

The USMNT would ultimately fall to a damaging 2-1 defeat, as Tim Weah’s first-half red card proved extremely costly.

After the game, Turner briefly told reporters in the mixed zone that he felt he would be OK, though he didn’t get into his status for Monday’s game against Uruguay.

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‘You take wins when you get wins’ – Turner defends USMNT display vs. Bolivia

The goalkeeper isn’t getting caught up in any criticism of his team’s performance

Amid some criticism of the team’s display in its Copa América opener against Bolivia, U.S. men’s national team goalkeeper Matt Turner has emphasized that in tournament play, wins are all that matters.

The USMNT comfortably beat Bolivia at AT&T Stadium in Texas on Sunday, as Christian Pulisic and Folarin Balogun scored in the first half to set the U.S. on its way to victory.

Despite a dominant performance that saw the expected goals at 2.40 to 0.18 in the USMNT’s favor, there was still criticism over several missed chances as well as some sloppy turnovers in the back line.

Though Turner admitted the USMNT’s performance wasn’t perfect, the shot-stopper insisted that his side didn’t have the luxury of being upset about a win in a major tournament.

“We’ll never have that luxury,” Turner said at a press conference on Tuesday. “I think you take wins when you get wins, no matter the context. I think the result, especially in tournament play, is the end-all be-all and I implore people to not lose sight of that.

“I think any time you can win a game in a worldwide competition and a big-time tournament, it’s good for the program, it’s good for us.”

Ahead of Thursday’s match against Panama, the 30-year-old did concede the USMNT would have to improve against a team that figures to challenge his side more than La Verde could.

“Obviously, we wish we did some things better, but that’s what tournaments are about,” Turner said. “You want to improve and get better throughout the tournament and keep growing as a team and a bond and a culture.

“So as much as we could have done things a little bit differently, at the end of the day we got a clean sheet, we scored two goals and we won. Going into this next match we know we might have to be a little bit better if we want to win that game as well.”

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Turner exit talk grows as Nottingham Forest nears another goalkeeper signing

The USMNT starter’s time at the City Ground could already be over

Could Matt Turner’s time at Nottingham Forest be over after just one season?

That appears to be increasingly likely, with reports stating the U.S. men’s national team goalkeeper is set to be offloaded as the club nears yet another new goalkeeper signing.

Both Fabrizio Romano and The Athletic have reported that Forest is closing in on a deal for Corinthians goalkeeper Carlos Miguel, with the Premier League side having made a bid equalling his €4 million release clause.

As the 25-year-old Brazilian nears an arrival, The Athletic said Forest is willing to listen to offers for Turner and fellow goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos.

Alan Nixon from The Sun added that Forest is willing to sell Turner before the season starts, with multiple clubs in Europe interested in the 29-year-old.

If Turner moves on, it would represent a third club in three seasons for the New Jersey native. Turner spent just one season with Arsenal after joining from the New England Revolution in the summer of 2022.

Turner moved to Forest last summer in a £10 million move and after a promising start, the American’s time at the City Ground was blighted by a series of high-profile errors.

The shot-stopper was benched not once, but twice, with the second time seeing him lose his spot for good as Forest signed Matz Sels from Strasbourg in February.

After he was benched a second time, Turner admitted that he may ultimately have to “move backwards” if things didn’t work out for him at Forest.

Despite a tough club season, Turner is still set to be the USMNT’s starter at the Copa América, which will begin on Sunday with a match against Bolivia.

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Berhalter: USMNT lacked ‘respect for the game of soccer’ in Colombia capitulation

Berhalter, Pulisic, and Turner were beyond frustration after a loss the coach called ‘a wake-up call’ for the USMNT

There are losses, and then there are nightmares.

Saturday’s 5-1 thrashing at the hands of Colombia was the latter for the U.S. men’s national team, leaving Gregg Berhalter’s side chastened just over two weeks before the start of the 2024 Copa América.

“From the 75th minute on, it was I think a lack of respect for our opponent [and] the game of soccer, what we were doing,” Berhalter told reporters at Commanders Field in Landover, Md. “We’re not framing it a lesson learned, we’ll frame it as a wake-up call.”

Berhalter peppered his post-game remarks with the phrase “really disappointing,” calling out the USMNT for its lack of effort and focus. The second half, which saw three Colombia goals in the game’s final 13 minutes, was a particularly frustrating topic.

The late capitulation “overshadows how we got back into the game, how we were aggressive, how we had them on their heels,” said Berhalter. “They were struggling for a moment when it was 2-1, and we weren’t able to capitalize on it, and then the game went to pieces.

“There were some positive chunks of the game, but again, what I’m looking at right now, 5-1? It’s not good enough, that’s for sure.”

Some of the USMNT’s top players concurred, with goalkeeper Matt Turner offering an apology in a post-match interview with TNT before bemoaning the USMNT’s “naivety” on the day in a mixed zone shortly thereafter.

“We really just opened up and allowed them to do exactly what they were planning on doing to us,” explained the New Jersey native. “It’s frustrating, because we knew what we were getting into, and then we didn’t take care of our business… We can’t accept that level of effort from everybody — from all 27 of us and the coaching staff — if we want to have any success this summer.”

Pulisic: USMNT ‘nowhere near the level’ required

Team captain Christian Pulisic said more than once that he would be watching video of the match to pick out all of the issues, but clearly had some facets of a miserable performance in mind.

“It just felt like they were waiting for us to make a mistake and then just kill us in transition. That’s just what happened over and over again,” explained the AC Milan attacker. “We were nowhere near the level we need to play at if we want to win games coming into Copa América.”

Berhalter came back to a collective stumble, reeling off a wide range of issues contributing to Colombia’s goals.

“We can’t just point to one player. It was multiple players, again, not respecting the game of soccer [and] the opponent in that case,” explained the USMNT manager. “Our whole idea was, the space has got to be small. If you make the space big, you’re in trouble. And you saw, as soon as we opened up, it was lights out…

“Go back and check the goals, it’s midfielders not recovering. It’s guys losing the ball in positions when our fullbacks are high. They got hung out to dry on a number of occasions.

“It’s the second phase from a set piece, it’s a miscue on a ball that’s going out of bounds in the first six minutes in the game. So, it’s a collective thing, and the reason why I’m so disappointed is because, guys just didn’t do their job. It’s about your role, your responsibility. We didn’t do that.”

The coach concluded with a summary of the mood in the mixed zone, and surely throughout a fanbase that was expecting the USMNT to compete with one of CONMEBOL’s best.

“It’s a collective performance,” stated Berhalter. “Collectively, we’re not happy.”

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USMNT goalkeeper Turner apologizes to fans after Colombia thrashing

The USMNT No. 1 admitted his side couldn’t match Colombia’s intensity in a blowout loss

U.S. men’s national team goalkeeper Matt Turner offered an apology to fans after his side was crushed 5-1 by Colombia in a friendly on Saturday.

The USMNT got its Copa América preparations off to the worst possible start, as it was thoroughly outplayed at Commanders Field in Landover, Maryland.

Gregg Berhalter’s side was sloppy throughout, and three late Colombia goals turned a narrow defeat into a blowout.

Turner was also at a level below his best, as he was partially to blame on Colombia’s first two goals, and was also yellow carded in the second half for handling the ball outside his box.

“Obviously disappointed in the way we played, the way I played,” Turner said in an interview on TNT after the game.

“Everybody needs to look in the mirror after that game and figure it out because obviously that’s not the level that’s required to compete.”

As the USMNT aims to improve ahead of Wednesday’s game against Brazil, Turner had some strong words on his side’s display Saturday.

“We can’t get too hung up, we have a game in another couple of days,” the Nottingham Forest goalkeeper said. “And it’s important for us to be able to respond. When you look forward to tournaments, it’s not always going to be perfect, and you have to figure out the ways to get the job done.

“Today we didn’t have any answers for the way Colombia changed themselves, changed the way they pressed. And they just had a different intensity about them that we didn’t have for the game.

“So it’s really, really disappointing in front of such a great crowd to perform like that, so I want to apologize to the fans as well, because that’s not what we’re about and we need to bounce back in a big way.”

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