Manchester City star out, no Ricardo Pepi: USA announces 26-member squad for 2022 FIFA World Cup

Manchester City star out, no Ricardo Pepi: USA announces 26-member squad for 2022 FIFA World Cup

Weston Mckennie(left), Christian Pulisic(middle), Gio Reyna(right)

USA national football team has finally revealed their 26-member squad that will take the flight to Qatar for the FIFA World Cup and fans have already reacted to the decisions and the selections made by the manager Greg Berhalter. He has picked up some surprise packages in Haji Wright, Jordan Morris, and Shaq Moore for the World Cup squad. 

Haji Wright has currently been in excellent form and has looked quite impressive playing in the Turkish Super Lig for Antalyaspor and he is the second-top scorer in the league as well. Manchester City’s backup goalkeeper and the formidably USA’s number one choice Jack Steffan has been overlooked by the manager and fans are scared that this decision will come to haunt them in the tournament ahead.

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Arsenal’s Matt Turner has been given a place in the squad and will be expected to be their number-one choice going into the tournament. Another shocker has been the rejection of Groningen’s Ricardo Pepi who has been tearing it apart in the Eredivisie with Rangers’ Malik Tillman, CF Montreal’s Djordje Mihailovic, and Union Berlin’s Jordan Pefok not making it to Berhalter’s final list.

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How the final squad looks:

Tyler Admas(left), Sergino Dest(middle), Brenden Aaronson(right)

Goalkeepers: Ethan Horvath (Luton Town), Sean Johnson (New York City FC), Matt Turner (Arsenal)

Defenders: Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic/SCO; 11/0; Southend-on-Sea, England), Sergiño Dest (AC Milan), Aaron Long (New York Red Bulls), Shaq Moore (Nashville SC), Tim Ream (Fulham), Antonee Robinson (Fulham), Joe Scally (Borussia Mönchengladbach), DeAndre Yedlin (Inter Miami CF), Walker Zimmerman (Nashville SC)

Midfielders: Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United), Kellyn Acosta (LAFC), Tyler Adams (Leeds United), Luca de la Torre (Celta Vigo), Weston McKennie (Juventus), Yunus Musah (Valencia), Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders FC)

Forwards: Jesús Ferreira (FC Dallas), Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders), Christian Pulisic (Chelsea), Gio Reyna (Borussia Dortmund), Josh Sargent (Norwich City), Tim Weah (Lille), Haji Wright (Antalyaspor)

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