USMNT vs. Uruguay: Starting XI & Lineup Notes | Copa América 2024

LINEUP NOTES
USMNT vs. Uruguay
2024 Copa América | Group Stage Match No. 3
July 1, 2024
GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium; Kansas City, Mo.
Pre-Game Coverage: 8 p.m. ET on FS1, Univision, TUDN
Kickoff: 9 p.m. ET on FS1, Univision, TUDN, FDP Radio
Social Media: @USMNT on X and Instagram; U.S. Soccer on Facebook, The U.S. Soccer App

Tonight’s USMNT Starting XI vs. Uruguay: 1-Matt Turner; 3-Chris Richards, 4-Tyler Adams, 5-Antonee Robinson, 6-Yunus Musah, 7-Gio Reyna, 8-Weston McKennie, 10-Christian Pulisic (Capt.), 13-Tim Ream, 20-Folarin Balogun,22-Joe Scally

Substitutes: 18-Ethan Horvath, 25-Sean Johnson, 2-Cameron Carter-Vickers, 9-Ricardo Pepi, 11-Brenden Aaronson, 12-Miles Robinson, 14-Luca de la Torre, 15-Johnny Cardoso, 16-Shaq Moore, 17-Malik Tillman, 19-Haji Wright, 23-Kristoffer Lund, 24-Mark McKenzie, 26-Josh Sargent

Suspended: 21-Tim Weah

GAME NOTES | FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT URUGUAY

• USMNT Starting XI Cap Numbers (including this match): Christian Pulisic (71), Tim Ream (61), Weston McKennie (56), Antonee Robinson (46), Matt Turner (44), Tyler Adams (42), Yunus Musah (39), Gio Reyna (31), Chris Richards (21), Folarin Balogun (15), Joe Scally (14).

• USMNT Starting XI Cap Numbers in official competition (including this match): Christian Pulisic (50), Matt Turner (34), Weston McKennie (33), Tim Ream (32), Antonee Robinson (30), Yunus Musah (25), Tyler Adams (24), Gio Reyna (19), Chris Richards (12), Folarin Balogun (9), Joe Scally (8).

• Today’s Starting XI has an average age of 25 years, 255 days.

• The Starting XI averages 39 caps and 24 appearances in official competition.

• Gregg Berhalter makes one change to the lineup that faced Panama on Thursday, with Yunus Musah making his first start of the tournament in replacement of suspended attacker Tim Weah.

• Christian Pulisic becomes the 15th USMNT player to earn 50 competitive appearances. At 25 years, 287 days, he is the second youngest to do it after Landon Donovan (25 years, 100 days) on June 12, 2007 against El Salvador in the Concacaf Gold Cup.

• Pulisic also captains the USMNT for the 26th time tonight. The USA is 17W-4L-4D when Pulisic wears the armband.

• Pulisic’s five career goals against CONMEBOL opposition tie him with Clint Dempsey and Bert Patenaude for second all-time among USMNT players. He sits just one goal behind Landon Donovan with six.

• Yunus Musah (21 years, 215 days) will become the youngest USMNT player to earn 25 caps in official competition, beating Jozy Altidore, who was 21 years, 220 days when he earned his 25th competitive appearance on June 14, 2011 against Guadeloupe in the Gold Cup.

• Matt Turner will earn his 33rd cap in official competition, tying Brad Guzan for third-most all-time among USMNT goalkeepers and now only trailing Tim Howard (68) and Kasey Keller (67). Turner is 21W-4L-7D and has earned 19 clean sheets in competitive matches for the U.S.

• With his highlight-reel goal on Thursday against Panama, striker Folarin Balogun joined Clint Dempsey (2016) as the second USMNT player to score in back-to-back matches at Copa América.

• The backline of Antonee Robinson, Tim Ream, Chris Richards and Joe Scally start together for the fifth-straight match.

• Six starters appeared in the USA’s last meeting with Uruguay, a 0-0 draw on June 5, 2022 in Kansas City, Kan. Tyler Adams, Weston McKennie, Yunus Musah, Christian Pulisic and Joe Scally all started the match, while Antonee Robinson came off the bench in the second half.

• CAUTION WATCH: Midfielder Weston McKennie (Bolivia), Chris Richards (Panama) and Antonee Robinson (Panama) each carry a yellow card into this match. Should any of them receive a caution tonight, they would be suspended for a potential Copa América quarterfinal.

• Gregg Berhalter is 44W-16L-13D in 73 matches as USMNT head coach and 29-8-7 in 44 matches in official competition.

• The USA is 2W-2L-4D all-time against Uruguay in a series that began at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. The USMNT is unbeaten in its last four matches against La Celeste, going 1W-0L-3D since 1995.

• The USMNT is 15W-7L-5D all-time in the third group stage match of a traditional tournament. The team has won each of its last six matches in this scenario, dating back to the 1-0 win against Paraguay at Copa América Centenario in 2016.

• Five substitutions are allowed in three different moments. Halftime does not count as a substitution moment.

• Tonight’s match will be officiated by Kevin Ortega of Peru. This is the first time Mr. Ortega, who at 30 years old was the youngest referee at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, will officiate a USMNT match. He has previously overseen one match involving Uruguay, a 3-0 win for La Celeste against Bolivia in 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying on Nov. 21, 2023 in Montevideo.