USA World Cup squad: Full list, predicted lineup, depth chart, latest news

For the 2nd clip successful their history, the USA volition big a World Cup, but with acold greater expectations than successful 1994.

That tourney was seen arsenic a launching constituent for the men’s nationalist squad program, who spell into the 2026 finals with arguably the top procreation of endowment connected the men’s broadside and dreams of making a heavy tally successful the contention this clip around.

Getting retired of a radical that features Australia, Turkiye and Paraguay is much than attainable for a squad that boast plentifulness of talented players who use their commercialized successful Europe and they volition fancy their chances of topping that group.

Achieving Mauricio Pochettino’s lofty extremity of the semi-finals, though, feels similar a stretch, having mislaid their 2 March friendlies to highly ranked sides Belgium and Portugal successful convincing fashion.

Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look astatine the USA’s squad for the 2026 World Cup.

USA'S WORLD CUP 2026 FULL SQUAD LIST

Pochettino has said that helium volition uncover his last squad for the World Cup connected May 26 astatine a instrumentality solemnisation lawsuit successful New York City.

That means we volition cognize which 26 players are headed to the finals, up of their past 2 friendlies earlier the tourney commences against Senegal connected May 31 and Germany connected June 6.

USA'S WORLD CUP 2026 SQUAD NUMBERS

USA’s World Cup squad numbers volition beryllium confirmed astatine a aboriginal date.

USA'S WORLD CUP 2026 PREDICTED XI

This is acold from acceptable successful stone, fixed immoderate of the injuries connected this squad, though determination are immoderate assured of a spot connected the roster for the finals unless thing happens to them betwixt present and the commencement of the World Cup.

Christian Pulisic remains the heartbeat of this team, who volition beryllium counted upon to people timely goals and create, portion Folarin Balogun is among the fewer axenic fig 9 attackers they have, who is apt to gain a spot up apical successful the starting 11.

Between the sticks, it feels similar a conflict betwixt the 2 Matts, with Matt Freese seemingly supra Matt Turner connected the extent chart, having guided the nationalist squad to the last of the erstwhile Gold Cup, though Turner was the archetypal prime astatine the 2022 World Cup.

On the right, whether arsenic a fullback oregon wingback, we should spot either Alex Freeman oregon Timothy Weah start, with the second apt favoured, though some are versatile and tin run successful different positions.

Freese; Weah, Richards, McKenzie, A. Robinson; Adams, Berhalter; Tillman, McKennie, Pulisic; Balogun

USA'S WORLD CUP 2026 SQUAD LATEST NEWS

Given immoderate of the team’s wounded concerns, we could spot immoderate US players connected the last World Cup squad that would not person made it otherwise.

Pochettino volition beryllium keeping a adjacent ticker connected Johnny Cardoso and Tanner Tessmann, some of whom log their stock of minutes astatine Atletico Madrid and Lyon, respectively, but the presumption of each is successful question due to the fact that of injuries.

Derby County’s Patrick Agyemang is retired aft injuring his Achilles, arsenic is Jonathan Klinsmann pursuing a brutal cervix injury.

Sergino Dest’s instrumentality from a semipermanent wounded mightiness marque the manager uneasy astir putting him successful the starting 11, though he’s a invaluable extent portion to person if helium tin beryllium that helium is steadfast for good.

Balogun is successful good signifier astatine Monaco, netting regularly successful Ligue 1, portion Pepi, who narrowly missed retired connected the 2022 squad, is making a beardown lawsuit himself with his coagulated signifier astatine PSV.

Among the hardest decisions Pochettino whitethorn person to marque volition beryllium whether oregon not to prime Giovanni Reyna, who has the velocity and creativity to assistance this team, but it is unclear if his cognition is bully for them.

Tim Ream captained the squad successful March, though Chris Richards and Antonee Robinson’s acquisition astatine a higher level whitethorn spot the erstwhile connected the seat oregon disconnected the team.

Pulisic is 2 goals distant from equalling Eric Wynalda for 4th all-time with the nationalist team, portion Haji Wright’s promotional run astatine Coventry should springiness him a spot connected the American seat for this tourney astatine worst.