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Called Shots →At least five of the eleven players who start for the United States against Peru on 2026-09-26 are drawn from the thirteen uncapped players named in the federation's 2026-09-17 roster notes (Mathis Albert, Cole Campbell, Justin Ellis, Zavier Gozo, Julian Hall, Diego Kochen, Adri Mehmeti, Peyton Miller, Neil Pierre, Brooklyn Raines, Brian Schwake, Cavan Sullivan, Frankie Westfield). Scored off the published starting eleven for that match. Resolves yes at five or more of those thirteen in the eleven; resolves no at four or fewer.
At least ten of the thirteen uncapped players on the United States fall roster (Mathis Albert, Cole Campbell, Justin Ellis, Zavier Gozo, Julian Hall, Diego Kochen, Adri Mehmeti, Peyton Miller, Neil Pierre, Brooklyn Raines, Brian Schwake, Cavan Sullivan, Frankie Westfield) win a first senior cap across the four friendlies against Peru (09-26), Chile (09-29), Mexico (10-03) and Canada (10-06). A cap is any appearance, as a starter or a substitute, in the official match report. Resolves yes at ten or more, no at nine or fewer, including where a player withdraws from camp before appearing.
At least nine of the eleven players who start for the United States against Mexico on 2026-10-03 held a senior United States cap before the fall window opened, meaning they are not among the thirteen players the federation listed as uncapped on 2026-09-17 (Mathis Albert, Cole Campbell, Justin Ellis, Zavier Gozo, Julian Hall, Diego Kochen, Adri Mehmeti, Peyton Miller, Neil Pierre, Brooklyn Raines, Brian Schwake, Cavan Sullivan, Frankie Westfield). Scored off the federation's published Starting XI. Yes if nine, ten or eleven starters are outside that list; no if eight or fewer are.
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Gio Reyna is out for Haiti, and his replacement has scored in three straight
U.S. Soccer withdrew Gio Reyna from the 25-man roster for the Concacaf Nations League quarterfinal against Haiti on November 7, 2026, with an injury, and added Stoke City midfielder Jack McGlynn, 23, who has 13 caps. Reyna started all four of the fall friendlies and played 259 of the 360 minutes; four different players replaced him, and two of them, Mathis Albert and Sebastian Berhalter, are on the Haiti roster. McGlynn has played 797 of Stoke's 1,350 Championship minutes this season, all 360 of the last four matches, and scored in each of the last three. The United States plays Haiti on November 14 in Miami and November 17 in Cincinnati.
Pepi and Balogun were not 100 percent. Pochettino brought the one with no start
Mauricio Pochettino named 25 players on November 4 for the Concacaf Nations League quarterfinal against Haiti, November 14 in Miami and November 17 in Cincinnati. He said he did not want to bring both Ricardo Pepi and Folarin Balogun because neither is 100 percent, and he brought Balogun, who has 116 of 810 league minutes and no start. In four league matches since the fall window, Balogun played 102 of 360 minutes and Pepi 30 of 360. Julian Hall played 535 of 540. Mathis Albert (20 of 720) and Malik Tillman (242 of 720) are on the list; Mark McKenzie (810 of 810), Yunus Musah (671 of 900) and Aidan Morris (1,080 of 1,170) are not. Haiti is the designated home team in Miami, so a U.S. goal there is an away goal. Wilson Isidor returned for Sunderland with 33 minutes at Coventry on October 31.
Tim Ream retired, and the back line that started in St. Louis needed Richards
Tim Ream, 38, said before the United States played Chile in St. Louis on September 29 that he was retiring from the national team, telling the TNT broadcast that age was the biggest factor, as reported by Jeff Carlisle of ESPN. He finishes with 86 caps. The United States won 4-2 with what the federation called the youngest starting eleven of Mauricio Pochettino's tenure, and Mathis Albert, at 17 years and 131 days, became the youngest scorer in the program's history. Neil Pierre and Miles Robinson started at center back and Chile led 2-1 after 49 minutes. Chris Richards and Auston Trusty replaced them in the 63rd minute, Richards scored the winner, and Chile did not score again. Across two matches of this window the federation has started four different center backs. Richards has played all 450 league minutes of Crystal Palace's season, and he is the one center back in camp whose place looks settled. The open question for Mexico on October 3 is who plays beside him.
Thirteen first caps fit in four friendlies. Thirteen auditions do not
The United States play Peru, Chile, Mexico and Canada between September 26 and October 6 with a 28-man roster that the federation's own position list shows holding 13 uncapped players. Under IFAB Law 3, a senior international friendly allows up to eight substitutes, so the bench alone offers 32 appearances across the four matches, and all thirteen could be capped by the end of the Chile match. Starts are the scarce thing: 44 across the window, which splits to 150 minutes per outfield player and one match per goalkeeper if it were shared evenly. The thirteen arrive with very different club minutes. Ten are at half their club's available league minutes or better, and Mathis Albert and Zavier Gozo have 28 league minutes between them. Neil Pierre's 39.7 percent hides that he has played every Philadelphia Union league match since the World Cup break after none before it. Cavan Sullivan, who turns 17 on September 28, started six of the Union's 15 league matches before the break and all 11 since.