USMNT VS. COLOMBIA: STARTING XI & LINEUP NOTES

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LINEUP NOTES

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USMNT vs. Colombia
U.S. Soccer Summer Showdown, presented by Marriott Bonvoy
June 8, 2024
Commanders Field; Landover, Md.
Pre-Game Coverage: 4:30 p.m. ET on TNT, Telemundo, truTV, Universo, Max, Peacock
Kickoff: 5:37 p.m. ET on TNT, Telemundo, truTV, Universo, Max, Peacock, FDP Radio
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Today’s USMNT Starting XI vs. Colombia: 1-Matt Turner; 3-Chris Richards, 5-Antonee Robinson, 7-Gio Reyna, 8-Weston McKennie, 10-Christian Pulisic (Capt.), 13-Tim Ream, 15-Johnny Cardoso, 20-Folarin Balogun, 21-Tim Weah, 22-Joe Scally

Substitutes: 18-Ethan Horvath, 25-Sean Johnson, 2-Cameron Carter-Vickers, 4-Tyler Adams, 6-Yunus Musah, 9-Ricardo Pepi, 11-Brenden Aaronson, 12-Miles Robinson, 14-Luca de la Torre, 16-Shaq Moore, 17-Malik Tillman, 19-Haji Wright, 23-Kristoffer Lund, 24-Mark McKenzie, 26-Timmy Tillman

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GAME NOTES | FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT COLOMBIA
• USMNT Starting XI Cap Numbers (including this match): Christian Pulisic (67), Tim Ream (57), Weston McKennie (52), Antonee Robinson (42), Matt Turner (40), Tim Weah (38), Gio Reyna (27), Chris Richards (17), Johnny Cardoso (12), Folarin Balogun (11), Joe Scally (10)

• Today’s Starting XI has an average age of 25 years, 237 days, making it the ninth oldest lineup deployed under Gregg Berhalter and third oldest since 2021.
• The lineup also averages 32.9 caps, making it the seventh most experienced Starting XI during Berhalter’s tenure, and second most experienced since 2019. Only the lineup that began March’s CNL Final against Mexico had a higher average cap number in that time (36.5).

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• Gregg Berhalter makes three changes from the lineup that started the Concacaf Nations League Final against Mexico on March 24, inserting defender Joe Scally, midfielder Johnny Cardoso and forward Folarin Balogun.
• Christian Pulisic captains the team for the 22nd time tonight. The USA is 16-2-3 when Pulisic wears the armband. He also earns his squad-leading 67th cap, tying him with 1994 FIFA World Cup alum Mike
Sorber for 37th on the USMNT’s all-time caps list.
• Five starters will make their first appearances against South American opposition: Folarin Balogun, Johnny Cardoso, Gio Reyna, Chris Richards and Matt Turner.
• Making his 40th career appearance tonight, goalkeeper Matt Turner has earned starts in 25 of the last 27 USMNT matches for which he has been available in a run that dates back to Sept. 23, 2022 vs. Japan
in Düsseldorf, Germany.

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• Midfielder Johnny Cardoso earns his third career start tonight and first since the 4-0 win against Ghana on Oct. 17, 2023 in Nashville.

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