CONCACAF: USA vs El Salvador

El Salvador vs USMNT
2022-23 CONCACAF Nations League Group Stage Match No. 2
June 14, 2022
Estadio Cuscatlán; San Salvador, El Salvador
Pre-match coverage: 9:30pm ET on FS1
Kick off: 10PM ET on FS1, Univision, TUDN
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USMNT starts tonight XI in El Salvador: 18-Ethan Horvath, 4-Tyler Adams, 5-Anthony Robinson, 6-Younes Moses, 10-Christian Pulisic, 11-Brenden Aronson, 15-Aaron Long, 19-Haji Wright, 20-Cameron Carter-Vickers, 21-Tim Hey, 22 Reggie Cannon

Substitutes: 1-Matt Turner, 12-Shawn Johnson, 2-DeAndre Yedlin, 3-Erik Palmer-Brown, 7-Paul Arriola, 8-Weston McKennie, 9-Jesús Ferreira, 13-Jordan Morris, 14-Luca de la Torre , 16-Joe Scally, 17-Cristian Roldan, 23-Kellyn Acosta

game notes | Five things to know about El Salvador

• USMNT starting XI Cap Numbers (including this match): Christian Pulisic (51), Tyler Adams (30), Antonee Robinson (29), Reggie Cannon (27), Aaron Long (27), Tim Weah (25), Brenden Aaronson ( 22) Younis Musa (19) Cameron Carter Vickers (11) Ethan Horvath (8) Haji Wright (1)

• USMNT Start XI Cap Numbers in Official Contest (including this match): Christian Pulisic (37), Reggie Cannon (16), Anthony Robinson (16), Tyler Adams (15), Brenden Aaronson (14), Aaron Long (12) ), Tim Weh (11), Younes Musa (11), Cameron Carter Vickers (2), Ethan Horvath (2), Haji Wright (1)
• USMNT starting XI Cap Numbers in Concacaf Nations League (including this match): Reggie Cannon (6), Aaron Long (5), Christian Pulisic (5), Brenden Aronson (3), Anthony Robinson (3), Tyler Adams (2), Cameron Carter Vickers (2), Ethan Horvath (2), Tim Weah (2), Younes Musa (1), Haji Wright (1)
• The average age of onset for the eleventh night is 24 years and 26 days.

• The USMNT squad averages 22 internationals and 11 official competition appearances.

• Greg Berhalter made seven changes to the USMNT squad that kicked off Friday’s opening game against Grenada, with the backline of Reggie Cannon, Cameron Carter Vickers, Aaron Long and Anthony Robinson.

• Goalkeeper Ethan Horvath earned his first appearance since backing the United States to a 4-0 friendly win against Costa Rica on June 9, 2021 in Sandy, Utah. It is also Horvath’s second appearance in official competition after appearing as a heroic substitute in the Nations League Final against Mexico on June 6, 2021 in Denver.

• Striker Haji Wright earns his debut, his first international in the official competition and his first appearance outside the USMNT team tonight.

• Christian Pulisic is the captain of Team 10^{The tenth} time tonight. Pulisic (23.74) is the second youngest player during the modern era (1990 to date) to captain a 10-time USMNT captain, after only Tony Mulla (23.18) who did so on April 29, 1992 in the Republic of Ireland.

• Aaron Long became the only player to start each of the four US games during the June window.

• Top scorer in WCQ’s 1-0 win over El Salvador on January 27, left-back Anthony Robinson continues his career as the only player to have appeared in all 10 games during 2022.

• Three key players appeared on the US’s recent visit to El Salvador, as they drew 0-0 to open the 2022 World Cup qualifiers on September 2, 2021. Brenden Aaronson and Tyler Adams started the match and Anthony Robinson came off the bench at 64.^{The tenth} the moment.

• Five junior players featured in a 1-0 home win in the playoffs against El Salvador, which was held Jan. 27 in Columbus, Ohio. Anthony Robinson, who scored the only goal of the match, started as well as Tyler Adams, Christian Pulisic and Tim Wiah, while Brenden Aronson replaced Pulisic in the 65th minute.

• With teams restricted to 23-man clothing, defenders George Bello, Walker Zimmerman and quarterback Malik Tillman are not part of tonight’s squad. Teams are allowed to make five substitutions during three different moments.

• The US is 19-1-6 at all times against El Salvador, leading 12-0-4 in matches played in the official competition and is 2-1-4 in away matches. Los Coscatelicos.
• Tonight’s victory will ensure that the United States takes first and second place in Nations League A, Group D, and in return will clinch USMNT place in the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
• Mexico’s Cesar Ramos is the referee for tonight’s match. The MLS is 3-3-2 in games managed by Ramos, the most recent of which was a World Cup qualifier away from home in Canada on January 30, 2022.