USA vs. New Zealand: Starting XI and lineup notes

LINEUP NOTES
USMNT vs New Zealand
International friendly match
10 September 2024
TQL Stadium; Cincinnati, Ohio
Pre-match coverage: 6:30 p.m. ET on TNT, Universo, Max, Peacock and Fútbol de Primera Radio
Kick-off: 7:00 p.m. ET on TNT, Universo, Max, Peacock and Fútbol de Primera Radio
Social Media: @USMNT on X and Instagram; US Soccer on Facebook, the US Soccer app

The USMNT starting lineup tonight against New Zealand: 1-Matt Turner, 3-Chris Richards (captain), 4-Mark McKenzie, 6-Yunus Musah, 8-Aidan Morris, 9-Ricardo Pepi, 11-Brenden Aaronson, 12-Marlon Fossey, 19-Haji Wright, 20- Folarin Balogun, 23-Kristoffer Lund

Substitutes: 16 – Patrick Schulte, 18 – Ethan Horvath, 21 – Diego Kochen, 2 – Auston Trusty, 5 – Caleb Wiley, 7 – Cade Cowell, 10 – Christian Pulisic, 13 – Tim Ream, 14 – Luca de la Torre, 15 – Johnny Cardoso, 17 – Malik Tillman, 22 – Joe Scally

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• USMNT starting XI numbers (including this game): Matt Turner (45), Brenden Aaronson (44), Yunus Musah (41), Ricardo Pepi (30), Chris Richards (23), Folarin Balogun (17), Mark McKenzie (14), Haji Wright (13), Aidan Morris (7), Kristoffer Lund (5), Marlon Fossey (1).
• The average age of today’s starting eleven is 24 years and 145 days.
• The starting eleven has an average of 21 appearances.
• Mikey Varas makes five changes to the lineup that started Saturday against Canada, bringing in Marlon Fossey, Mark McKenzie, Aidan Morris, Ricardo Pepi and Matt Turner.
• Defender Chris Richards will captain the United States Men’s National Team for the first time tonight, becoming the first player from the state of Alabama to captain the USMNT.
• One day after his 26th birthday, defender Marlon Fossey makes his international debut tonight and becomes the 873rd player to play for the USMNT.
• Mark McKenzie will make his first international appearance in 2024 and his first appearance since September 12, 2023 against Oman.
• Kristoffer Lund starts back-to-back USMNT games for the first time in his international career.
• Haji Wright will start against Morocco on June 1, 2022, at the same spot where he made his U.S. debut and scored his first international goal.
• After providing his first career assist in Saturday’s game against Canada, Aidan Morris makes his third start in his sixth international appearance for the USMNT.
• Brenden Aaronson also scored a goal in the 2022 game against Morocco at TQL Stadium.
• Six starters are 23 years or younger: Brenden Aaronson and Folarin Balogun; Kristoffer Lund and Aidan Morris (22); Brenden Aaronson and Yunus Musah (21).
• The USA have a total of 2 wins, 0 losses and 1 draw against New Zealand in a series that began in 1999.
• Six substitutions are allowed at three different times. Half-time does not count as a substitution time.
• Refereeing today’s match is Selvin Brown of Honduras. This is the second USMNT match that Mr. Brown has officiated. He previously refereed the team’s 3-1 overtime victory over Jamaica in the Concacaf Nations League semifinals on March 24, 2024.