U.S. men’s national team head coach Gregg Berhalter announced his final 26-man roster on Friday for the Copa America, which is set to kick off on June 20.
According to the tournament rules, rosters must include a minimum of 23 players with a maximum of 26 total. Teams are required to submit their final rosters no later than June 15. Ahead of the event, Berhalter had called up 27 players for the team’s tune-up games against Colombia and Brazil. Los Angeles FC’s Timothy Tillman would be the lone cut in the end.
Josh Sargent kept his spot on the roster despite not playing in any of the two games over the week due to a foot injury. However, it has been reported that the Norwich City forward has recovered sufficiently to participate in the tournament.
The Americans will start play in Group C on June 23 against Bolivia at AT&T Stadium in Dallas, followed by their game against Panama on June 27, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. They will wrap things up on July 1 against Uruguay at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.
Roster
GOALKEEPERS: 18-Ethan Horvath (Cardiff City), 25-Sean Johnson (Toronto FC), 1-Matt Turner (Nottingham Forest)
DEFENDERS: 2-Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic), 23-Kristoffer Lund (Palermo), 24-Mark McKenzie (Genk), 16-Shaq Moore (Nashville SC), 13-Tim Ream (Fulham), 3-Chris Richards (Crystal Palace), 5-Antonee Robinson (Fulham), 12-Miles Robinson (FC Cincinnati), 22-Joe Scally (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
MIDFIELDERS: 4-Tyler Adams (Bournemouth), 15-Johnny Cardoso (Real Betis), 14-Luca de la Torre (Celta Vigo/ESP), 8-Weston McKennie (Juventus/ITA), 6-Yunus Musah (AC Milan), 7-Gio Reyna (Borussia Dortmund), 17-Malik Tillman (PSV Eindhoven)
FORWARDS: 11-Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United), 20-Folarin Balogun (Monaco), 9-Ricardo Pepi (PSV Eindhoven), 10-Christian Pulisic (AC Milan), 26-Josh Sargent (Norwich City), 21-Tim Weah (Juventus), 19-Haji Wright (Coventry City)
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