USMNT: Who did what this weekend abroad (September roster)
- by Paul Kennedy @pkedit, Sep 26, 2021
USMNT Saturday/Sunday:
17 had games;
12 played;
2 on bench;
3 did not dress;
10 started;
2 subbed on;
1 scored;
2 assisted.
USMNT September Roster:
GOALKEEPERS:
Ethan Horvath (Nott. Forest/ENG D2), on bench (1-1 vs. Millwall)
Zack Steffen (Man. City/ENG), on bench (1-0 at Chelsea)
DEFENDERS:
John Brooks (Wolfsburg/GER), 90 minutes (1-3 at Hoffenheim)
Sergiño Dest (Barcelona/ESP), 86 minutes, 1 assist (3-0 vs. Levante)
Mark McKenzie (Genk/BEL), 90 minutes (3-0 vs. Seraing)
Tim Ream (Fulham/ENG D2), 90 minutes (1-1 at Bristol City)
Antonee Robinson (Fulham/ENG D2), 90 minutes (1-1 at Bristol City)
DeAndre Yedlin (Galatasaray/TUR), 90 minutes (2-1 vs. Goztepe)
MIDFIELDERS:
Tyler Adams (RB Leipzig/GER), did not dress (6-0 vs. Hertha Berlin)
Weston McKennie (Juventus/ITA), sub-8 minutes (3-2 vs. Sampdoria)
FORWARDS:
Brenden Aaronson (RB Salzburg/AUT), 65 minutes (2-0 at Wolfsberger AC)
Konrad de la Fuente (Marseille/FRA), sub-45 minutes (2-3 vs. Lens)
Jordan Pefok (Young Boys/SUI), 69 minutes, 1 goal (2-1 vs. St. Gallen)
Christian Pulisic (Chelsea/ENG), did not dress (0-1 vs. Man. City)
Gio Reyna (Borussia Dortmund/GER), did not dress (0-1 at Bor. M'Gladbach)
Josh Sargent (Norwich City/ENG), 90 minutes (0-2 at Everton)
Tim Weah (Lille/FRA), 90 minutes, 1 assist (2-1 at Strasbourg
Others of note:
Gianluca Busio (Venezia/ITA), Monday vs. Torino
Reggie Cannon (Boavista/POR), Monday vs. Estoril
Nicholas Gioacchini (Montpellier/FRA), sub-2 minutes (0-2 at Paris SG)
Matthew Hoppe (Real Mallorca/ESP), on bench (2-3 vs. Osasuna_
Shaq Moore (Tenerife/ESPN D2), on bench (1-3 at Almeria)
Yunus Musah (Valencia/ESP), 83 minutes (1-1 vs. Athletic Bilbao)
Chris Richards (Hoffenheim), 90 minutes, 1 assist (3-1 vs. Wolfsburg)
Joe Scally (Bor. M'Gladbach), 90 minutes (1-0 vs. Bor. Dortmund)
Haji Wright.??? Starting in Turkey, playing Lots of Minutes AND Scoring Goals(Unlike Sargent)
Musah, Richards, Scally all looking Excellent.
Busio really Growing, getting Stronger on Tackles, If he Plays Well again today, should be a Lock for Reyna's spot at Attacking Mid... He Really has a Unique Skill set for a USA Midfielder; A SOCCER BRAIN.!!!(Luca DLT is another one, but he's playing in Holland, Hard to tell)
Santi, I concur with you that we should give Haji Wright a look. Turkey's league is one of the weakest in Europe so hard to gage, but scoring is scoring. Busio is a very raw talent that can be a dual role midfielder I think as he matures. Musah, I honestly think is our best #8 and could be a #10 in a few years. He is calm on the ball, good in traffic, solid passer, decent defending, strong enough to take on any defender and has great quickness for his size. There is not another midfielder on our radar with his current talents to become a dominant O-Mid. Luca has great talent, but I think is just too small in size.
On another note, does it always seem that Dest plays so much better with Barca? Same player, same skills and so forth. So why is it he struggles with USMNT. GB has to really look at how he is using him. Defending needs work, but he is still the best FB we have in regards to being able to play offense up the pitch and do more than just cross balls into the box for the US. Just some food for thought about why Dest seems to have so much more difficultly on the pitch for US.