Turner, Morris and Yedlin among seven retained from World Cup as team seeks to defend title
\nWASHINGTON
\nArsenal goalkeeper Matt Turner, Seattle striker Jordan Morris and Inter Miami defender De Andre Yedlin were among seven World Cup players named Monday to the US CONCACAF Gold Cup roster.
\nUS interim coach BJ Callaghan selected the final 23-player squad for the start of training camp on June 20 in Chicago as the Americans try to defend the title they won 1-0 over Mexico in the 2021 final.
\n\u201cThis is a group that we have a lot of confidence in as we look to win another Gold Cup trophy,\u201d Callaghan said.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s a roster that has a good mix of veteran players that have World Cup experience and younger players have earned an opportunity to come into camp and represent the United States.\u201d
\nThe Americans seek an eighth crown to match Mexico for the all-time record in the biannual North American football showdown.
\nIn all, 16 of the 23 players compete for Major League Soccer squads, with 2022 World Cup members including Turner, Yedlin, Morris, Toronto goalkeeper Sean Johnson, Dallas forward Jesus Ferreira, Seattle defender Cristian Roldan and defender Aaron Long of MLS champion Los Angeles FC.
\n\u201cMany of these players have performed well at their clubs as well as the previous opportunities they\u2019ve had in the national team environment,\u201d Callaghan said. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to expose as many players as possible to tournament competition.\u201d
\nFive players on the roster are set to compete in this week\u2019s CONCACAF Nations League semi-finals \u2013 Turner, Johnson, forward Alex Zendejas of Mexico\u2019s Club America, defender Miles Robinson of Atlanta and midfielder Alan Sonora of Mexico\u2019s Juarez.
\nThe US team will face Mexico in one Nations League semi-final at Las Vegas on Thursday with Canada and Panama meeting in the other.
\nThe Americans will compete in Group A of the Gold Cup against Jamaica, Nicaragua and qualifying matches this week in Florida. The first US match will be June 24 against Jamaica.
\nMexico will be in Gold Cup Group B along with Haiti, Honduras and special invitee Qatar. Group C includes Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica and a qualifier and Group D features Canada, Cuba, Guatemala and a qualifier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Turner, Morris and Yedlin among seven retained from World Cup as team seeks to defend title WASHINGTON Arsenal goalkeeper Matt Turner, Seattle striker Jordan Morris and Inter Miami defender De Andre Yedlin were among seven World Cup players named Monday to the US CONCACAF Gold Cup roster. US interim coach BJ Callaghan selected the final […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337550,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-337539","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n