{"id":79844,"date":"2022-09-27T17:53:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T17:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/international-friendly-usa-vs-saudi-arabia\/"},"modified":"2022-09-27T17:53:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T17:53:07","slug":"international-friendly-usa-vs-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/international-friendly-usa-vs-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"International Friendly: USA vs.  Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 12pt 0in;\"><span><strong><span>LINEUP NOTES<br \/>Saudi Arabia vs.  USMNT<br \/>International Friendly<br \/><\/span><\/strong>September 27, 2022<br \/>Estadio Nueva Condomina;  Murcia, Spain<br \/>Pre-Game Coverage: 1:30 pm ET on FS1, UniMas, TUDN<br \/>Kickoff: 2 pm ET on FS1, UniM\u00e1s, TUDN<br \/>Social Media: @USMNT on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/usmnt\" target=\"_blank\"><span>twitter<\/span><\/a>  and <span>Instagram<\/span>;  US Soccer on <span>Facebook<\/span> The US Soccer App<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><strong><span>Today&#8217;s USMNT Starting XI vs.  Saudi Arabia: <\/span><\/strong><span>1-Matt Turner, 2-Sergi\u00f1o Dest, 3-Walker Zimmerman, 4-Tyler Adams, 5-Aaron Long, 8-Weston McKennie, 10-Christian Pulisic (capt.), 19-Ricardo Pepi, 21-Gio Reyna, 22 -DeAndre Yedlin, 23-Kellyn Acosta<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><strong><span> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><em><span>Substitutes: 18-Ethan Horvath, 25-Sean Johnson, 6-Sam Vines, 7-Paul Arriola, 9-Jes\u00fas Ferreira, 11-Brenden Aaronson, 12-Erik Palmer-Brown, 13-Jordan Morris, 14-Luca de la Torre , 15-Johnny Cardoso, 16-Mark McKenzie, 17-Malik Tillman, 24-Josh Sargent, 26-Joe Scally<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><em><span> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; text-align: center;\"><span>GAME NOTES<\/span><span>  | <\/span><span>FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT SAUDI ARABIA<\/span><span\/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0.25in;\"><span>USMNT Starting XI Cap Numbers (including this match): DeAndre Yedlin (75), Kellyn Acosta (53), Christian Pulisic (52), Weston McKennie (37), Walker Zimmerman (33), Tyler Adams (32), Aaron Long ( 29), Matt Turner (20), Sergi\u00f1o Dest (19), Gio Reyna (14), Ricardo Pepi (12)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0.25in;\"><span>Today&#8217;s Starting XI has an average age of 25 years, 73 days.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0.25in;\"><span>The lineup averages 33 caps \u2013 the highest average cap number for a USMNT Starting XI since October 15, 2019, at Canada (36 caps).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0.25in;\"><span>Gregg Berhalter makes four changes to the lineup from Friday&#8217;s match against Japan, inserting DeAndre Yedlin on the back line, Kellyn Acosta in midfield and Ricardo Pepi and Christian Pulisic up top.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0.25in;\"><span>Returning to the lineup after being held out of Friday&#8217;s match, Christian Pulisic captains the side for the 11<sup>th<\/sup> time tonight.  The USMNT is 7-1-2 when Pulisic wears the armband.  <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0.25in;\"><span>DeAndre Yedlin will earn his 75<sup>th<\/sup> cap for the USMNT, moving into a tie with Mike Burns for 31<sup>st<\/sup> on the team&#8217;s all-time appearances list.  This is Yedlin&#8217;s second appearance against Asian opposition, with his first coming in his USA debut on Feb.  1, 2014 against Korea Republic.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0.25in;\"><span>Ricardo Pepi earns his first appearance since starting the final World Cup qualifier on March 30 at Costa Rica.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0.25in;\"><span>Matt Turner becomes the ninth USMNT goalkeeper to earn 20 caps.  The 27-year-old holds a 14-3-2 record, keeping 13 clean sheets in his previous 19 appearances.  He sits just two caps back of Nick Rimando (22) for eighth on the team&#8217;s goalkeeper appearances list.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0.25in;\"><span>Tyler Adams, Christian Pulisic and Walker Zimmerman all make their 10<sup>th<\/sup> appearances of 2022, moving into a tie with Antonee Robinson for the team lead.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0.25in;\"><span>With today&#8217;s caps, Adams and Zimmerman also tie their career-high appearance total in a calendar year.  Both players also played 10 times in 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0.25in;\"><span>Kellyn Acosta, Tyler Adams and Weston McKennie line up together in a three-man midfield for the first time.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0.25in;\"><span>Similarly, Ricardo Pepi, Christian Pulisic and Gio Reyna will get their first work as a front-line trio in today&#8217;s match.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0.25in;\"><span>Ricardo Pepi and Christian Pulisic make their first international appearances against Asian.<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0.25in;\"><span>Defender Reggie Cannon was diagnosed with a left groin strain following Friday&#8217;s match and is unavailable for selection today.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;\"><span>The USMNT will dress 25 players, while Saudi Arabia will dress 26 for today&#8217;s game.  Six substitutions are allowed in three different moments.  Halftime does not count as a substitution moment.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;\"><span>The USMNT is 3-2-0 all-time against Saudi Arabia.  This is the first meeting between the nations since the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Third-Place Match, which the USMNT won 2-0 behind goals from Paul Bravo and Brian McBride.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;\"><span>USMNT head coach Gregg Berhalter made his international debut against Saudi Arabia in a friendly on Oct.  19, 1994 in Dharan.  The USMNT is 36-10-9 in 55 matches under Gregg Berhalter.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0.25in;\"><span>Ivan Bebek of Croatia is the referee for tonight&#8217;s match.  This is the first time he has officiated a USMNT match.  <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LINEUP NOTESSaudi Arabia vs. USMNTInternational FriendlySeptember 27, 2022Estadio Nueva Condomina; Murcia, SpainPre-Game Coverage: 1:30 pm ET on FS1, UniMas, TUDNKickoff: 2 pm ET on FS1, UniM\u00e1s, TUDNSocial Media: @USMNT on twitter and Instagram; US Soccer on Facebook The US Soccer App Today&#8217;s USMNT Starting XI vs. Saudi Arabia: 1-Matt Turner, 2-Sergi\u00f1o Dest, 3-Walker Zimmerman, 4-Tyler &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/international-friendly-usa-vs-saudi-arabia\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">International Friendly: USA vs.  Saudi Arabia<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":75782,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/international-friendly-usa-vs-japan\/","url_meta":{"origin":79844,"position":0},"title":"International Friendly: USA vs.  Japan","date":"September 23, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"LINEUP NOTESJapan vs. USMNTInternational FriendlySeptember 23, 2022Dusseldorf Arena, Dusseldorf, GermanyPre-Game Coverage: 8 am ET on ESPN2, ESPN+; 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