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INSTRUCTIONS ON INSTALLATION
USMNT vs. Germany, presented by AT&T 5G
Internationally friendly
Oct 14, 2023
Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field; East Hartford, Connecticut
Pregame coverage: 2:30 p.m. ET on TNT, Telemundo, MAX, Peacock
Kickoff: 3:00 p.m. ET on TNT, Telemundo, MAX, Peacock, Futbol de Primera Radio
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Today’s USMNT starting lineup against Germany: 1-Matt Turner, 2-Sergiño Dest, 4-Chris Richards, 6-Yunus Musah, 7-Gio Reyna, 8-Weston McKennie, 10-Christian Pulisic (Capt.), 13-Tim Ream, 19-Joe Scally, 20 -Folarin Balogun, 21-Tim Weah

Substitutes: 18-Ethan Horvath, 3-Cameron Carter-Vickers, 5-DeJuan Jones, 9-Ricardo Pepi, 11-Brenden Aaronson, 12-Miles Robinson, 14-Luca de la Torre, 15-Johnny Cardoso, 16-Kevin Paredes , 17-Alex Zendejas, 22-Lenny Maloney, 23-Kristoffer Lund

GAME NOTES | FIVE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT GERMANY

• USMNT starting XI squad numbers (including this game): Christian Pulisic (63), Tim Ream (53), Weston McKennie (47), Matt Turner (34), Tim Weah (34), Yunus Musah (30), Sergiño Dest ( 29), Gio Reyna (21), Chris Richards (13), Joe Scally (7), Folarin Balogun (5)

• Today’s starting eleven has an average age of 24 years and 217 days. It is the most recent lineup the USMNT has fielded in 12 games against Germany.

• The roster also includes an average of 30 international matches.

• Midfielder Gio Reyna made his first USMNT appearance since suffering a broken bone in the Concacaf Nations League final against Canada on June 18.

• Midfielder Yunus Musah (20 years, 319 days) is only the fourth USMNT player to earn 30 caps before his 21st birthday. He is the third youngest player to achieve this feat, beating Landon Donovan (20 years, 320 days) by one day.

• Nine of the starting eleven are 25 years old and younger: Weston McKennie and Christian Pulisic (25), Chris Richards and Tim Weah (23); Folarin Balogun and Sergiño Dest (22); Yunus Musah, Joe Scally and Gio Reyna (20).

• Having just celebrated his 36th birthday on October 5, No. 13 Tim Ream becomes the 13th outfielder to reach a USMNT cap after turning 36. The last time an outfield player 36 years old or older appeared for the USMNT was on September 5, 2001 in Costa Rica in World Cup qualifying, when 38-year-old Preki Radosavljevic came on as a substitute in the 71st minute. The last time an outfield player 36 years old or older started for the USMNT was 37-year-old Thomas Dooley’s farewell game against Chile on February 21, 1999.

• After Fernando Clavijo (31 international matches), Dooley (15 international matches) and Preki (2 international matches), Ream is also only the fourth field player in the modern era (1990 to today) to have played a USMNT international match after reaching the age of 36.

• Christian Pulisic captains the USMNT for the 18th time tonight. The team is 13-1-3 when Pulisic wears the armband. The only defeat came in the 0-1 defeat against Italy on November 20, 2018 in his first game as captain.

• Goaltender Matt Turner will make his 10th appearance as team leader in 2023. Turner has played in 15 of the 17 USMNT games during the FIFA window since last September, collecting 21 shutouts and a 21-4-8 record in 33 appearances.

• Forward Folarin Balogun starts his fifth consecutive game for the USMNT.

• Balogun and Scally are making their first international appearances against UEFA opposition, while veterans Tim Ream and Weston McKennie are each making their tenth international appearances against European national teams.

• Tim Ream and Chris Richards will be working together in central defense for the second time tonight, having worked together in the 3-0 win over Uzbekistan in St. Louis last month.

• Five starters have connections to the German Bundesliga. Gio Reyna (Borussia Dortmund) and Joe Scally (Borussia Mönchengbadlbach) are currently playing in the top German league, while Weston McKennie (Schalke), Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund) and Chris Richards (Hoffenheim, Bayern Munich) have already spent some time in Germany .

• Four starters scored goals against European opponents. Weston McKennie scored in the 21st minute of his international debut in the 1-1 draw against Portugal on November 14, 2017, Gio Reyna and Christian Pulisic scored in the 2-1 win in Northern Ireland on March 28, 2021 and Tim Weah scored Goal Opening goal in the USA’s 1-1 draw against Wales on November 21, 2022 at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

• Should he come off the bench today, German-born midfielder Lenny Maloney would become the third player in USMNT history to make his debut against the country of his birth, following Terry Springthorpe (June 8, 1953 vs. England) and Jerry Panek (August 3, 1953). . 1973 against Poland).

• A possible first cap for Maloney would also be his 60th debut under Gregg Berhalter, which would tie him with Bob Bradley for the second-most debuts among USMNT head coaches.

• Should he come off the bench today, Cameron Carter-Vickers would make his first USMNT appearance since his strong performance against IR Iran in the World Cup group stage final on November 29, 2022.

• With his next goal or assist, Pulisic (40 G+A; 26 goals, 14 assists) will move into fifth place on the USMNT all-time goal contributions list.

• Gregg Berhalter has a record of 39-11-12 in 62 games as USMNT head coach and holds both the highest winning percentage (.726) and highest unbeaten percentage (.823) of any manager who has coached eight or more games.

• Berhalter is also 2-2-3 against UEFA opponents.

• Six starters are products of the US Soccer Development Academy, five of whom have come through MLS academies: Weston McKennie and Chris Richards (FC Dallas), Gio Reyna and Joe Scally (New York City FC), Tim Weah (New York Red Bulls), and Christian Pulisic (PA Classics).

• The USMNT is 4-7-0 in 11 all-time games against Germany. Today’s game is the first meeting since the USA won 2-1 in Cologne on June 10, 2015.

• Six substitutions are permitted at three different times. Half-time is not considered a substitution time.

• Fernando Guerrero from Mexico is the referee for today’s game. The U.S. is 0-1-1 in games officiated by Guerrero. He previously oversaw the 1-1 draw against Panama in the Gold Cup group stage on July 8, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee, and the 0-2 loss against Brazil in a friendly on September 7, 2018 in East Rutherford, NJ