USMNT vs. Jamaica: Starting XI & Lineup Notes | Concacaf Nations League Semifinal

ALIGNMENT NOTES
USMNT vs. Jamaica
Concacaf Nations League Semifinal 2023-24
March 21, 2024
AT&T Stadium; Arlington, Texas
Pregame coverage: 6 pm ET on Univision, Paramount+, CBS Sports Golazo
Start: 7 pm ET on Univision, Paramount+
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Tonight’s USMNT starting lineup against Jamaica: 1-Matt Turner, 3-Chris Richards, 5-Antonee Robinson, 6-Yunus Musah, 8-Weston McKennie, 10-Christian Pulisic (captain), 12-Miles Robinson, 17-Malik Tillman, 19-Joe Scally, 20 – Folarin Balogun, 21-Tim Weah

Substitutes: 18-Ethan Horvath, 22-Drake Callender, 4-Tyler Adams, 7-Gio Reyna, 9-Ricardo Pepi, 11-Brenden Aaronson, 13-Tim Ream, 14-Haji Wright, 15-Johnny Cardoso, 16-Mark McKenzie, 23-Kristoffer Lund

Suspended: 2-Sergiño Dest

GAME NOTES | FIVE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT JAMAICA

• USMNT Starting XI Numbers (including this game): Christian Pulisic (65), Weston McKennie (50), Antonee Robinson (40), Matt Turner (38), Tim Weah (36), Yunus Musah (34), Miles Robinson (29), Chris Richards (15), Folarin Balogun (9), Joe Scally (9), Malik Tillman (9).

• USMNT starting lineup numbers in official competition (including this match): Christian Pulisic (46), Matt Turner (30), Weston McKennie (29), Antonee Robinson (26), Miles Robinson (23), Yunus Musah (22 ), Tim Weah (18), Chris Richards (8), Folarin Balogun (5), Joe Scally (5), Malik Tillman (4).

• Tonight’s starting lineup has an average age of 24 years and 186 days. The lineup also averages 29 international matches and 19 in official competition.

• With all 22 players dressed 21 years or older, tonight’s match marks the first time that no player under the age of 21 will appear for the USMNT since the Gold Cup final against Jamaica on July 26, 2017 in Santa Clara, California.

• Ten of the 11 starters were part of the 2023 Nations League-winning team last June in Las Vegas. Only Malik Tillman did not participate in the tournament.

• Weston McKennie earn your 50^th cap tonight. The Little Elm, Texas product becomes the 61st^street USMNT player who will reach the half-century mark in appearances. McKennie also makes his team-leading 13th^th Appearance in the Concacaf Nations League.

• Christian Pulisic captain the team for 20^th time tonight, tying former teammate Clint Dempsey for ninth place on the USMNT captains list. The United States is 14-2-3 when Pulisic wears the armband.

• With the start, Pulisic will be the only player to appear in all five of the USA’s CNL Final Four matches since the inaugural tournament in 2021.

• Having made his debut in last year’s CNL final against Mexico, the forward Folarin Balogun makes his ninth consecutive start for the USMNT in games in which he has been on the roster. Balogun has three goals and two assists in his previous eight international matches.

• Chris Richards and Miles Robinson partner in central defense for the sixth time tonight. The USMNT is 4-1-0 when the two meet on the baseline.

• Both Miles Robinson and Matt Turner He started the United States’ final match at AT&T Stadium, helping keep a clean sheet in a 1-0 win against Jamaica in the Gold Cup quarterfinals on July 25, 2021.

• Advocate Antonio Robinson He has scored in each of his last two appearances with the USMNT, scoring in both games of the CNL quarterfinals against Trinidad and Tobago.

• Abroad Tim Weah makes the third appearance of his career against his mother’s home country. Weah played in both qualifying matches against Jamaica during the 2022 cycle, scoring the United States’ goal in a 1-1 draw with the reggae boys on November 16, 2021 in Kingston.

• Advocate Joe Scally begins its second consecutive CNL Final Four match, after putting in a strong performance in the 2-0 win against Canada in the 2023 final in Las Vegas.

• Advocate Sergiño Dest He serves a one-match suspension tonight after receiving a red card in the team’s final CNL game in Trinidad and Tobago on Nov. 20, 2023.

• Gregg Berhalter is 41-14-12 in 67 games as USMNT head coach. The United States is 26-7-7 in competitive matches under Berhalter, with his .738 winning percentage being the highest among USMNT head coaches with a minimum of eight matches in official competition.

• Five substitutions are allowed at three different times. Halftime does not count as a substitution moment. Teams will be allowed one additional substitute if the match goes to extra time.

• Tonight’s match will be refereed by Selvin Brown of Honduras. This is the first USMNT match in which Mr. Brown has officiated as a center referee.