Team usa 2018 roster: USA Basketball Announces 35 Player Roster For 2018-20 Men’s National Team

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USMNT STATS

Overall stats updated through Nov. 20, 2018

Record: 3-5-3

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MIN	G	A	Y/R	MOTM	Career Caps	Career Goals	Career Assists
Acosta, Kellyn	M	6	4	392	1	1	1/0	0	23	2	1
Adams, Tyler	M	8	7	658	1	0	1/0	0	9	1	0
Agudelo, Juan	F	1	0	21	0	0	0/0	0	28	3	3
Amon, Jonathan	M	1	1	55	0	0	0/0	0	1	0	0
Arriola, Paul	M	2	1	100	0	0	0/0	0	17	2	2
Bono, Alex	GK	1	1	90	0	0	0/0	0	1	0	0
Bradley, Michael	M	2	1	101	0	0	0/0	0	142	17	22
Brooks, John	D	3	3	270	0	0	0/0	1	36	3	0
Cannon, Reggie	D	2	2	161	0	0	1/0	0	2	0	0
Carter-Vickers, Cameron	D	6	6	511	0	0	2/0	0	7	0	0
Corona, Joe	M	3	1	91	0	1	2/0	0	23	3	1
de la Torre, Luca	M	1	0	13	0	0	0/0	0	1	0	0
Delgado, Marky	M	6	3	268	0	0	0/0	0	6	0	0
Gall, Romain	M	1	0	7	0	0	0/0	9	1	0	0
Gooch, Lynden	M	1	0	17	0	0	0/0	0	5	0	0
Green, Julian	M	7	4	381	1	0	0/0	0	15	4	0
Guzan, Brad	GK	2	2	180	0	0	0/0	0	60	0	0
Hamid, Bill	GK	2	2	135	0	0	0/0	0	6	0	0
Horvath, Ethan	GK	1	1	90	0	0	0/0	1	3	0	0
Lichaj, Eric	D	2	2	130	0	0	0/0	0	16	1	1
Lletget, Sebastian	M	2	0	21	0	0	0/0	0	5	1	0
Long, Aaron	D	2	2	180	0	0	0/0	0	2	0	0
McKennie, Weston	M	6	6	460	0	0	2/0	0	7	1	0
Miazga, Matt	D	7	7	597	0	1	1/0	1	11	1	1
Moore, Shaq	D	5	3	243	0	0	2/0	0	5	0	0
Morris, Jordan	F	1	1	90	0	0	0/0	1	25	5	2
Morrow, Justin	D	1	1	90	0	0	1/0	0	4	0	0
Nagbe, Darlington	M	1	1	89	0	0	0/0	0	25	1	1
Novakovich, Andrija	F	3	0	52	0	0	0/0	0	3	0	0
Olosunde, Matt	D	1	0	19	0	0	0/0	0	1	0	0
Opara, Ike	D	1	1	90	0	0	0/0	0	1	0	0
Palmer-Brown, Erik	D	2	1	123	0	0	0/0	0	2	0	0
Parker, Tim	D	2	1	119	0	0	0/0	0	2	0	0
Parks, Keaton	M	1	0	28	0	0	0/0	0	1	0	0
Picault, Fafa	M	1	0	32	0	0	0/0	0	2	0	0
Polster, Matt	D	1	1	90	0	0	0/0	0	1	0	0
Pulisic, Christian	M	3	3	262	0	0	0/0	1	23	9	6
Robinson, Antonee	D	6	4	372	0	2	1/0	0	6	0	2
Roldan, Cristian	M	4	1	82	0	0	0/0	0	5	0	0
Rowe, Kelyn	M	1	0	45	0	0	0/0	0	4	1	1
Rubin, Rubio	M	4	2	180	0	0	0/0	0	7	0	0
Saief, Kenny	M	3	2	139	0	0	0/0	0	4	0	0
Sapong, C. J.	F	1	1	45	0	0	0/0	0	4	0	1
Sargent, Josh	F	6	3	266	2	0	0/0	0	6	2	0
Steffen, Zack	GK	6	5	495	0	0	0/0	1	6	0	0
Sweat, Ben	D	2	1	105	0	0	0/0	0	2	0	0
Trapp, Wil	M	9	8	714	0	0	0/0	2	11	0	0
Villafaña, Jorge	D	6	3	292	0	0	0/0	0	21	0	1
Weah, Tim	M	8	6	512	1	1	2/0	0	8	1	1
Wood, Bobby	F	9	6	520	3	0	1/0	1	45	13	3
Yedlin, DeAndre	D	8	5	455	0	0	2/0	0	57	0	7
Zardes, Gyasi	M	3	2	145	0	0	0/0	0	40	6	8
Zimmerman, Walker	D	3	3	270	1	0	0/0	1	4	1	0
TOTALS		11	11	990	10	6	19/0	11
OPPONENT TOTALS		11	11	990	14	13	14/1

2018 Goalkeeping Statistics 

Player	GP	GS	Min	GF	GA	SO	GAA	W-L-T	Caps/SO
Bono, Alex	1	1	90	3	0	1	0. 00	1-0-0	1/1
Guzan, Brad	2	2	180	1	4	0	2.00	0-1-1	60/18
Hamid, Bill	2	2	135	1	2	0	1.33	0-1-1	6/2
Horvath, Ethan	1	1	90	0	1	0	1.00	0-1-0	3/1
Steffen, Zack	6	5	495	5	7	2	1. 27	2-2-1	6/2
Totals	11	11	990	10	14	3	1.27	3-5-3
Opponent Totals	11	11	990	14	10	4	0.91	5-3-3

* Bill Hamid and Zack Steffen split a shutout on Jan. 28 vs. Bosnia and Herzergovina

2018 World Cup – The U.

S. men’s national team starting 11 that would have been in Russia, according to us

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• Gus Elvin, ESPN.comMar 26, 2018, 12:50 PM ET

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What if the 2018 World Cup qualifiers had gone a different way for the U.S.? What if the Yanks had earned at least a draw against Trinidad & Tobago in October and qualified for an eighth straight World Cup? What if the “devastating” pain that U. S. midfielder Christian Pulisic described in January after failing to qualify weren’t a reality. So many what-ifs … Well, we put on our hypothetical caps and took a crack at predicting who would have made the cut on the 23-man roster and how the U.S. would have lined up tactically this summer. Here’s our if-only-the-U.S.-had-qualified starting 11.

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Formation: 4-4-2 (Diamond)

In past World Cups, the United States has often tailored its lineups to opponents, and 2018 would likely have been no different under coach Bruce Arena. But as a base formation, Arena would likely have stuck to his guns and played some variation of a 4-4-2, with four at the back, Pulisic in the No. 10 role, Michael Bradley as the defensive midfielder and two up top — at least on paper — with Jozy Altidore and Bobby Wood. The four at the back would give the U.S. some extra defensive stability, Pulisic would have the freedom to roam and create from the middle of the park, and Altidore would have benefited from some support from Wood.

GK Tim Howard: After juggling between Howard and Brad Guzan throughout the qualifying campaign, Arena named Howard the starter for the USMNT’s final two crunch games against Panama and Trinidad & Tobago. The hero in defeat against Belgium in 2014, 39-year-old Howard struggled between the sticks at points during this cycle — namely in the 2-0 loss to Costa Rica at home and the 2-1 loss away to Trinidad — but earned the trust of Arena and was always capable of producing at a higher level than Guzan.

RB DeAndre Yedlin: Yedlin battled various injuries during the Hexagonal round, missing five games, but he was a sure-fire starter at right-back when healthy. The 24-year-old Seattle native has started 24 of Newcastle’s 30 Premier League games thus far this season and, with his speed and ability to get forward, brings a dynamism to the position that no one else in the player pool can replicate.

CB Geoff Cameron: The Stoke City veteran struggled mightily in the 2-0 loss to Costa Rica in September, gifting Marco Ureña his second goal of the night with a wayward pass. Controversially benched for the final two qualifiers after his nightmare in New Jersey, Cameron is still the USMNT’s most consistent defender. He likely would have earned back Arena’s trust and his starting position in the months leading up to the World Cup — even at the expense of noted Arena favorite Omar Gonzalez.

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CB John Brooks: Brooks’ debut season at Wolfsburg has been a lost one, as multiple injuries have cost him all but seven Bundesliga games so far. That said, if fit, Brooks would likely have been the other starter in the middle alongside Cameron. The 25-year-old’s international career has been a bit of a roller coaster, mixed with great highs — such as his game-winning goal against Ghana at the 2014 World Cup — and lows — his poor performance in a 4-0 loss at Costa Rica, in which he was at least partially responsible for three of the four goals. Consistency has proven elusive to Brooks, but his commanding size at 6-foot-4, talent and knack for big-game dramatics would have earned him the nod over Gonzalez, Matt Besler and youngster Matt Miazga.

LB Jorge Villafaña: Left-back has been a seemingly unsolvable problem for the United States for years now. Here, Villafaña gets the start over the more experienced, Bundesliga-based Fabian Johnson. Arena snubbed normal starter Johnson by not calling him in for the final two qualifiers and never seemed to rate him as high as his predecessor, Jurgen Klinsmann. That leaves Villafaña, who was counted on by Arena in the final two qualifiers and has since reclaimed his starting role for Liga MX leaders Santos Laguna. Villafaña puts pressure on opposing defenses by getting forward down the left flank, but to date, his crossing has let him down and prevented him from making a major offensive impact.

DMF Michael Bradley: The 30-year-old captain is often a scapegoat for the USMNT’s troubles, but for all the criticism, he remains one of the first names on the team sheet. Bradley seems a man stuck between positions, and his passing can be erratic. On the flipside, no one has the experience (140 caps beginning in 2006), stamina or capacity to cover the amount of ground Bradley consistently does. He ran nearly 24 miles (38km) in the group stage of the 2014 World Cup, the most by any player by some distance. Coming off an MLS season with Toronto FC in which he led MLS in passes completed with 2,051 and the Reds to MLS Cup, Bradley, in a box-to-box role, remains the best option for the Stars and Stripes, at least for now.

RMF Paul Arriola: Arriola saw an expanded role toward the back end of the qualifying cycle, making his first competitive start for the senior team at hostile Azteca Stadium in Mexico City and showing no fear in a tireless and confident performance against Mexico. The D.C. United youngster provides excellent pace and skill on the right wing and is willing to get stuck in defensively and make a tackle. Long a fixture of successful U.S. youth teams, Arriola, 23, started the final two qualifiers and looks to be one of the brighter young players in the U.S. program.

LMF Darlington Nagbe: Another player who would have been fighting for a starting position in the lead-up to the World Cup, Nagbe is the pick at left midfield. Why? His passing accuracy (a team-best 89.3 percent in the Hex), skill on the ball and work rate. Nagbe led MLS in passing percentage in 2017 (92.1 percent) and would have served as a ball retriever/transition starter for the United States in midfield. Nagbe has never tallied the goal or assists numbers in MLS that his talent would suggest, but his ability to retrieve possession, take players on and combine with the forwards gives him the edge over other central midfield candidates such as Kellyn Acosta, Alejandro Bedoya or Dax McCarty.

AMF Christian Pulisic: Just 19, Pulisic is both the present and the future for the United States. The Borussia Dortmund attacker was directly involved in nine of the United States’s 17 goals (53 percent) during the Hexagonal round, scoring five and assisting four. Despite his age, Pulisic has already become the unquestioned best player on the national team, leading the U.S. in goals, assists, fouls drawn (22) and successful 1v1s (35) during the Hex. Almost everything the U.S. did from an offensive standpoint in qualifying came through the Hershey, Pennsylvania, native.

Michael Bradley (from left), Jozy Altidore and Bobby Wood would likely have been starters at the 2018 World Cup. Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

FW Bobby Wood: The Hawaiian-born Wood has been short on form in Germany, scoring just one goal in 20 league games for bottom Hamburg. Nevertheless, his physical attributes, namely his speed, would have made him a starter as the strike partner for Altidore in Russia. Whether deployed as a winger or central forward, Wood is fast and always puts in a shift, chasing down long balls and tracking back. He also might be the best pure finisher not named Clint Dempsey for the United States, as his record of 10 goals in 36 caps and reputation for big-game heroics — versus the Netherlands and Germany in 2015 and against Mexico in CONCACAF Cup in 2016 — speaks for itself.

FW Jozy Altidore: Altidore’s two goals in nine Hexagonal games is not nearly good enough for a national team’s main forward, especially in CONCACAF. But if not Altidore, then whom? The United States has a dearth of options at striker: Dempsey, 35, is no longer a 90-minute option, and there are no other players staking a claim to the position. Despite Altidore’s lack of production, he continues to get the nod almost by default. Altidore works hard and has some size (6-foot-1) and speed, but the Toronto FC man has never scored consistently in the bigger international games — and that’s what the U. S. needs, desperately.

Substitutes: GK Brad Guzan, GK Ethan Horvath, DF Omar Gonzalez, DF Matt Miazga, DF Tim Ream, DF/MF Fabian Johnson, MF Kellyn Acosta, MF Weston McKennie, MF Alejandro Bedoya, FW Clint Dempsey, MF/FW Gyasi Zardes, FW Dom Dwyer

On the bench, Arena would have options to mix and match, depending on the opponent. In defense, Pachuca center-back Gonzalez can be a commanding aerial presence at 6-foot-5, while the versatile Johnson could have played in either full-back slot or even pushed up into a midfield place. Highly rated youngsters Acosta and Weston McKennie would also have been options in midfield, with Acosta as a backup to Bradley and the 19-year-old McKennie playing out wide like he does with Schalke. Up front, joint-record scorer Clint Dempsey (57 goals) has shown that he hasn’t lost his scoring touch yet and could have provided Arena the ideal impact substitute if the U.S. were chasing a game. Gyasi Zardes, who is familiar with Arena from his LA Galaxy days, would have been an interesting outsider to watch, as the pacy winger has three goals in three games for new club Columbus and looks to have improved his finishing, previously the one major weakness in his game. Arena would have had a nice blend of youth and experience to call upon from the bench, with Gonzalez, Johnson and Dempsey strong options at each level.

*Note: FW Jordan Morris and MF Danny Williams were not considered due to recent long-term injuries that would have ruled them out of the World Cup. Sapong took Morris’ spot as the final forward on the team.

Gus Elvin, who previously worked at ESPN The Mag, is an editor for ESPNFC and can be found on Twitter at @gpelvin.

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