The USMNT will be leaning on a familiar group for this month’s CONCACAF Nations League.
The USMNT won the first three Nations League tournaments and will open defense of their titles March 20 at SoFi Stadium against Panama. The other semifinal will feature Canada against Mexico, with the winners meeting March 23 in the final and the losers will face off in the third-place match.
Mauricio Pochettino will call in a 23-player roster, featuring the likes of Antonee Robinson (Fulham), Tyler Adams (Bournemouth), Weston McKennie (Juventus), Gio Reyna (Borussia Dortmund), and AC Milan’s Christian Pulisic and Yunas Musah, and Juventus’ Timothy Weah.
That group, excluding Adams, has played in the three previous Nations League tournaments.
The complete roster was announced Tuesday. Players will begin arriving in L.A. Sunday, with the first training session set for Monday at Dignity Health Sports Park.
“This is a massive opportunity to win a trophy and that is our clear objective,” Pochettino said. “We must continue to show our quality, our bravery and our commitment to each other. We have an important moment to represent our country and our supporters, and we are very excited for this opportunity.”
This is the first call-up for Reyna and Adams under Pochettino. Real Salt Lake’s Diego Luna and Vancouver’s Brian White receive their first call-up for an official competition.
The roster also includes six players from last tournament’s Best XI: Reyna, Matt Turner (Crystal Palace), Adams, McKennie, Pulisic and Robinson.
The average age is 26 years, 20 days.
Here is the complete roster
GOALKEEPERS: Patrick Schulte (Columbus Crew), Zack Steffen (Colorado Rapids), Matt Turner (Crystal Palace)
DEFENDERS: Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic), Marlon Fossey (Standard Liege), Mark McKenzie (Toulouse), Tim Ream (Charlotte FC), Chris Richards (Crystal Palace), Antonee Robinson (Fulham), Joe Scally (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Auston Trusty (Celtic)
MIDFIELDERS: Tyler Adams (Bournemouth), Johnny Cardoso (Real Betis), Diego Luna (Real Salt Lake), Weston McKennie (Juventus), Gio Reyna (Borussia Dortmund), Tanner Tessmann (Olympique Lyon)
FORWARDS: Patrick Agyemang (Charlotte FC), Yunus Musah (AC Milan), Christian Pulisic (AC Milan), Josh Sargent (Norwich City), Timothy Weah (Juventus), Brian White (Vancouver Whitecaps)