Freeman made 42 appearances for Orlando City across all competitions, recording six goals and seven assists, according to the club.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The right back earned MLS All-Star and MLS Best XI honors in 2025 and became the first Orlando City player to win MLS Young Player of the Year.<\/p>\n
SIGN-UP FOR FOX 35’S BREAKING NEWS, DAILY NEWS NEWSLETTERS<\/a><\/p>\n A product of the Orlando City Academy, Freeman debuted for the U.S. Men\u2019s National Team in 2025 and has made 13 appearances, including a two-goal performance in a 5-1 friendly win over Uruguay on Nov. 18.<\/p>\n Full USMNT roster <\/p>\n Dig deeper:<\/p>\n Only eight Major League Soccer players were named to the U.S. Men\u2019s National Team\u2019s 2026 FIFA World Cup roster, the fewest since 2010, and none are attacking players. Five rostered players compete in England, while Germany\u2019s Bundesliga and France\u2019s Ligue 1 each contributed three players. Italy\u2019s Serie A and the Dutch Eredivisie each have two representatives, with one player apiece from clubs in Mexico, Scotland and Spain.<\/p>\n Goalkeepers: Chris Brady (Chicago), Matt Freese (New York City), Matt Turner (New England)<\/p>\n Defenders: Max Arfsten (Columbus), Sergi\u00f1o Dest (PSV Eindhoven), Alex Freeman (Villarreal), Mark McKenzie (Toulouse), Tim Ream (Charlotte), Chris Richards (Crystal Palace), Antonee Robinson (Fulham), Miles Robinson (Cincinnati), Joe Scally (Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach), Auston Trusty (Celtic)<\/p>\n NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 26: Alex Freeman, player of United States, poses with his jersey during the United States World Cup roster reveal on May 26, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Vincent Carchietta\/USSF\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n Midfielders: Tyler Adams (Bournemouth), Sebastian Berhalter (Vancouver), Weston McKennie (Juventus), Gio Reyna (Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach), Cristian Roldan (Seattle), Malik Tillman (Bayer Leverkusen)<\/p>\n Forwards: Brenden Aaronson (Leeds), Folarin Balogun (Monaco), Ricardo Pepi (PSV Eindhoven), Christian Pulisic (AC Milan), Tim Weah (Marseille), Haji Wright (Coventry), Alejandro Zendejas (Am\u00e9rica)<\/p>\n What’s next:<\/p>\n The United States opens Group D play against Paraguay on June 12 in Inglewood, California, before facing Australia in Seattle and Turkey on June 26 back in Inglewood.<\/p>\n The Source: This story was written based on information shared by the U.S. Men’s National Team, Fox Sports, Orlando City SC, and the Associated Press.<\/p>\n Sports<\/a>MLS<\/a>FIFA World Cup<\/a>Orlando City Soccer Club<\/a>Instastories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. – Former Orlando City SC defender Alex Freeman was named to the U.S. Men\u2019s National Team\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[406,5692,115,139,78131,141,140,405,110,9611],"class_list":["post-286140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-instastories","tag-mls","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-city-soccer","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-series","tag-sports","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779887728_372_gettyimages-2278337460.jpg\")
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