{"id":197573,"date":"2025-10-02T16:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/197573\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T16:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:50:07","slug":"usa-roster-10-mls-players-called-for-ecuador-australia-friendlies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/197573\/","title":{"rendered":"USA roster: 10 MLS players called for Ecuador, Australia friendlies"},"content":{"rendered":"

United States<\/a> head coach Mauricio Pochettino has named 10 MLS players to his 26-man roster for October friendlies against Ecuador and Australia as preparations continue for the 2026 FIFA World Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n GOALKEEPERS (4)<\/p>\n

Chris Brady – Chicago Fire FC
\nMatt Freese – New York City FC
\nPatrick Schulte – Columbus Crew
\nMatt Turner – New England Revolution<\/p>\n

\n DEFENDERS (8)<\/p>\n

Max Arfsten – Columbus Crew
\nCameron Carter-Vickers – Celtic
\nAlex Freeman – Orlando City
\nMark McKenzie – FC Toulouse
\nTim Ream – Charlotte FC
\nChris Richards – Crystal Palace
\nAntonee Robinson – Fulham
\nMiles Robinson – FC Cincinnati<\/p>\n

\n MIDFIELDERS (8)<\/p>\n

Brenden Aaronson – Leeds United
\nDiego Luna – Real Salt Lake
\nWeston McKennie – Juventus
\nAidan Morris – Middlesbrough
\nCristian Roldan – Seattle Sounders FC
\nJames Sands – FC St. Pauli
\nTanner Tessmann – Olympique Lyon
\nMalik Tillman – Bayer Leverkusen<\/p>\n

\n FORWARDS (6)<\/p>\n

Patrick Agyemang – Derby County
\nFolarin Balogun – AS Monaco
\nChristian Pulisic – AC Milan
\nTim Weah – Marseille
\nHaji Wright – Coventry City
\nAlex Zendejas – Club Am\u00e9rica<\/p>\n

MLS call-ups are bolded above.<\/p>\n

\n October friendlies<\/p>\n

Oct. 10 vs. Ecuador – 8:30 pm ET | Q2 Stadium – Austin, Texas
\nOct. 14 vs. Australia – 9 pm ET | Dick’s Sporting Goods Park – Commerce City, Colorado<\/p>\n

This camp represents one of the final chances for players to impress Pochettino, with only three windows remaining before the USMNT convene for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n

The difficulty level remains high, as Ecuador and Australia are among the 18 nations already qualified<\/a> for next summer’s expanded tournament. Those tests follow the September window, in which the USMNT lost against South Korea before defeating Japan.<\/p>\n

Both matches will be played at MLS venues, starting with Austin FC<\/a>‘s Q2 Stadium before heading to the Colorado Rapids<\/a>‘ Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.<\/p>\n

\n MLS alums<\/p>\n

Of the 16 players overseas, eight previously played for MLS clubs.<\/p>\n

That group includes former Charlotte FC striker Patrick Agyemang, who joined EFL Championship side Derby County this summer for a club-record fee.<\/p>\n

Three Europe-based central midfielders have MLS ties: Columbus Crew homegrown product Aidan Morris (Middlesbrough), New York City FC loanee James Sands (St. Pauli) and FC Dallas<\/a> homegrown alum Tanner Tessmann (Lyon).<\/p>\n

Attacking midfielder Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United) and center back Mark McKenzie (Toulouse) are both Philadelphia Union<\/a> products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"United States head coach Mauricio Pochettino has named 10 MLS players to his 26-man roster for October friendlies…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[66472,106349,114184,57176,47891,86475,114180,114181,114183,114179,6868,403,99,114182,21],"class_list":["post-197573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-alexander-freeman","tag-chris-brady","tag-cristian-roldan","tag-diego-luna","tag-league-club-news","tag-matt-freese","tag-matt-turner","tag-maximilian-arfsten","tag-miles-robinson","tag-patrick-schulte","tag-sendtonews","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-tim-ream","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}