USA-T&T: Weston McKennie departs USMNT camp with knee ailment

• by Paul Kennedy  @pkedit, Nov 18, 2023

Weston McKennie won't be available for Monday's return match between the USA and Trinidad & Tobago in the CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinals.

He left the camp with tendinopathy in his left knee, leaving the USA with 23 players available. Luca de la Torre or Lennard Maloney should step in for McKennie.

McKennie is the fourth mainstay from the USA's 2022 World Cup out after wingers Christian Pulisic and Tim Weah and captain Tyler Adams.

U.S. Roster:
Goalkeepers (3): Ethan Horvath (Nott. Forest/ENG; 9/0), Gaga Slonina (Eupen/BEL; 1/0), Matt Turner (Nott. Forest/ENG; 36/0)
Defenders (8): Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic/SCO; 15/0), Sergiño Dest (PSV Eindhoven/NED; 31/2), Kristoffer Lund (Palermo/ITA; 3/0), Tim Ream (Fulham/ENG; 54/1), Chris Richards (Crystal Palace/ENG; 14/1), Antonee Robinson (Fulham/ENG; 38/3), Miles Robinson (Atlanta United; 27/3), Joe Scally (Borussia M'Gladbach/GER; 7/0)
Midfielders (6): Paxten Aaronson (Eintracht Frankfurt/GER; 1/0), Luca de la Torre (Celta Vigo/ESP; 19/0), Lennard Maloney (Heidenheim/GER; 1/0), Yunus Musah (AC Milan/ITA; 32/0), Gio Reyna (Borussia Dortmund/GER; 23/7), Malik Tillman (PSV Eindhoven/NED; 7/0)
Forwards (5): Brenden Aaronson (Union Berlin/GER; 37/8), Folarin Balogun (Monaco/FRA; 7/3), Kevin Paredes (Wolfsburg/GER; 3/0), Ricardo Pepi (PSV Eindhoven/NED; 21/10), Alex Zendejas (Club America/MEX; 7/1)