FIFA World Cup 2022: USA vs. Netherlands

LINE NOTES
Netherlands vs. USMNT
FIFA World Cup 2022 Match #49 | 16th round
December 3, 2022
Khalifa International Stadium; Al Rayyan, Qatar
Kickoff: 10 a.m. ET on FOX and Telemundo
Social Media: @USMNT at Twitter and Instagram; American football Facebook USA Football Program

Today’s USMNT XI vs Netherlands: 1-Matt Turner, 2-Sergino Dest, 3-Walker Zimmerman, 4-Tyler Adams (captain), 5-Anthony Robinson, 6-Yunus Moses, 8-Weston McKenney, 9-Jesus Ferreira, 10-Christian Pulisic, 13- -Tim Rome, 21-Tim Weah

Reserves: 12- Ethan Horvath, 25- Sean Johnson, 7- Joe Reyna, 11- Brenden Aaronson, 14- Luca de la Torre, 15- Aaron Long, 16- Jordan Morris, 17- Christian Roldan, 18- Shaq Moore, 18 -Shaq Moore, 18-19. – Haji Wright, 20- Cameron Carter-Vickers, 22- DeAndre Yedlin, 23- Kellyn Acosta, 26- Joe Scully

Unavailable: 24-Josh Sargent

GAME NOTES | FIVE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE NETHERLANDS

• USMNT Starting XI Numbers (Including This Game): Christian Pulisic (56), Tim Ream (50), Weston McKenney (41), Walker Zimmerman (37), Tyler Adams (36), Anthony Robinson (33), Tim Weah (28), Matt Turner (24), Sergino Dest (23), Yunus Musa (23), Jesus Ferreira (16)

• Today’s USMNT Starting XI has an average age of 25 years and 86 days. It is the second-youngest squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, behind only the USA XI that started the last match against IR Iran (24 years and 321 days).

• So far, the USA has fielded four of the five youngest teams at Qatar 2022:

• Today’s starting lineup is also the USMNT’s youngest ever for a World Cup playoff game:

• Eight players in the starting 11 are 25 or younger: Anthony Robinson (25); Weston McKenney (24), Christian Pulisic (24), Tyler Adams (23), Sergino Dest (22), Tim Weah (22), Jesus Ferreira (21), Yunus Musa (20).

• The composition averages 32 games and 19 games in official competitions.

• Gregg Berhalter made two changes to the starting line-up that faced Iran. Centre-back Walker Zimmerman, who started the first two games of the tournament, replaces Cameron Carter-Vickers in the XI, while striker Jesus Ferreira replaces Josh Sargent, who is unavailable for selection today, for the FIFA World Cup. fever of the right leg.

• Nine other players are making their fourth consecutive starts.

• Ferreira’s start brings the number of Qatar 2022 World Cup debuts to 19 players, extending the record already set by the USMNT at the tournament. The previous record for teams making debuts in a single World Cup was 16 in 1990.

• At 23 years and 292 days, Tyler Adams is the youngest player to captain the USMNT in a World Cup knockout round game. The previous youngest was Tony Meola (25 years and 133 days), who scored a brace in the 1994 round of 16 match against Brazil in the United States.

• Tyler Adams will captain the USMNT for the 13th time tonight. The team is 5-1-6 when he wears the armband. Adams is the sixth different player to captain the USMNT in a World Cup knockout round match: Tom Florey (1930 vs. Argentina), Tony Meola (1994 vs. Brazil), Claudio Reina (2002 vs. Mexico and Germany), Carlos Bocanegra ( 2010 against Ghana), Clint Dempsey (2014 against Belgium).

• Veteran defender Tim Ream notched his 50th game, becoming the 59th player in USMNT history to reach the half-century mark. At the age of 35, he is the second-oldest player in the team’s history to reach his 50th cap, behind the late Fernando Clavi, who reached his 50th cap at the age of 36 in a Concacaf Gold Cup group match against Panama on July 14. completed in 1993. .

• At 20 years and four days, Yunus Musa is the youngest USMNT player to start a World Cup playoff game. He bests Landon Donovan, who was 20 years and 107 days old when he started the Round of 16 match against Mexico on June 17, 2002. Donovan scored the second goal in a 2-0 win against El Tri.

• Nine players are from European clubs and two from the Premier League. Distribution of clubs: England (5), Italy (2), USA (2), France (1), Spain (1).

• Tyler Adams will captain the USMNT for the 13th time tonight. The team is 5-1-6 when he wears the armband. Adams is the sixth different player to captain the USMNT in a World Cup knockout round match: Tom Florey (1930 vs. Argentina), Tony Meola (1994 vs. Brazil), Claudio Reina (2002 vs. Mexico and Germany), Carlos Bocanegra ( 2010 against Ghana), Clint Dempsey (2014 against Belgium).

• WATCH CAREFULLY: Starters Tyler Adams, Sergino Dest, Weston McKenney and Tim Ream, as well as substitute Kellyn Acosta, all received yellow cards in the game. If either of them receives a caution against the Netherlands, they will miss out on a potential quarter-final match.

• With Josh Sargent unavailable for selection, the USMNT will dress 25 players for today’s game. Five substitutions are allowed at three different times. Half a minute does not count as a substitution moment.

• If the game ends in a draw at the end of 90 minutes, we will proceed to two 15-minute extra periods. If the tie remains at the end of extra time, the game will be decided by penalty kicks.

• The USMNT 4-5-0 in overtime games is defined as:

• The USMNT has a 4-2-0 record in penalty kicks in official competitions:

• The USMNT is 1-4-0 all-time against the Netherlands. The lone win came in the last meeting, a 4-3 win against the Wildcats Orange June 5, 2015 in Amsterdam. Jordan Morris and DeAndre Yedlin were both left out of the USA squad for the match.
• Gregg Berhalter is 37-10-12 in 59 games as USMNT head coach. Under Berhalter’s leadership, the team posted a 7-1-0 record in knockout round games, with their only loss coming in the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup final, a 1-0 loss to Mexico.

• Wilton Sampaio from Brazil is the referee for today’s match. This is his third match at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, having refereed on November 21 in Senegal – Netherlands and on November 26 in Poland – Saudi Arabia. This is the first USMNT game he has refereed.