Projecting USA's 2026 World Cup squad: Tillman, Luna leapfrog Reyna post-Gold Cup
Click the link above to get the why on each section, but here is their positional breakdown. Interesting in bold.
Goalkeepers
Starter: Matt Turner
Backups: Matt Freese, Zack Steffen
Just missed out: Chris Brady, Diego Kochen, Patrick Schulte, Gaga Slonina
Defenders
Starters: Sergino Dest, Chris Richards, Tim Ream, Antonee "Jedi" Robinson
Backups: Max Arfsten, Alex Freeman, Mark McKenzie, Walker Zimmerman
Just missed out:
Cameron Carter-Vickers, Miles Robinson,
Joe Scally, John Tolkin, Auston Trusty
Holding midfielders
Starters: Tyler Adams, Weston McKennie
Backups: Johnny Cardoso, Sebastian Berhalter, Yunus Musah, Tanner Tessmann
Just missed out:
Gianluca Busio, Luca de la Torre, Aidan Morris
Attacking midfielders
Starter: Malik Tillman
Backup: Diego Luna
Just missed out: Jack McGlynn,
Gio Reyna
Wingers
Starters: Tim Weah, Christian Pulisic
Backups:
Brenden Aaronson, Haji Wright
Just missed out: Paxten Aaronson, Damion Downs, Quinn Sullivan
Striker
Starter: Ricardo Pepi
Backups: Folarin Balogun, Josh Sargent
Just missed out: Patrick Agyemang, Brian White