New York City FC\u00a0Goalkeeper Matt Freese has been selected to\u00a0represent\u00a0the United States Men\u2019s National Team\u00a0(USMNT)\u00a0at the FIFA World Cup\u00a02026. Freese features on Head Coach Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s 26-man roster, announced this afternoon in New York City.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The selection marks Freese\u2019s first FIFA World Cup roster appearance for the United States. The\u00a0Goalkeeper has\u00a0emerged\u00a0as one of MLS\u2019s top\u00a0performers\u00a0the past couple of seasons, earning his first senior USMNT call-up earlier last year before securing a place in the squad for this summer\u2019s tournament on home soil.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Freese has made 14 starts for the USMNT and featured in last year\u2019s Concacaf Gold Cup, making three saves in the penalty shootout against Costa Rica\u00a0en\u00a0route to the final.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A native of Wayne, PA, Freese joined New York City FC ahead of the 2023 season and has\u00a0established\u00a0himself as one of the\u00a0League\u2019s premier shot stoppers during his time\u00a0with\u00a0New York City. Since arriving at the Club, Freese has made\u00a099\u00a0appearances in MLS for New York City FC.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Freese and the United States will play\u00a0International\u00a0Friendlies against Senegal on Sunday, May 31\u00a0at\u00a03:30pm\u00a0ET at Bank of America Stadium and Germany on Saturday, June 6\u00a0at 2:30pm\u00a0ET at Soldier\u00a0Field\u00a0before\u00a0commencing\u00a0play in the FIFA World Cup. The Americans are slotted in Group D alongside Paraguay, Australia, and\u00a0Turkey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City FC\u00a0Goalkeeper Matt Freese has been selected to\u00a0represent\u00a0the United States Men\u2019s National Team\u00a0(USMNT)\u00a0at the FIFA World…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[33304,9,11,10,12],"class_list":["post-244920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-matt-freese","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}