USA vs. Jamaica: Starting XI and line-up notes

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SET-UP NOTES
USMNT vs. Jamaica
2024-25 Concacaf Nations League Quarter Finals – Second Leg
18 November 2024
CITY PARK; St. Louis, Mo.
Pregame coverage: 7:30 p.m. ET on TNT, truTV, Universo, Max, Peacock and Fútbol de Primera Radio
Kickoff: 8:00 PM ET on TNT, truTV, Universo, Max, Peacock and Fútbol de Primera Radio
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Tonight’s USMNT Starting XI vs. Jamaica: 1-Matt Turner; 22-Joe Scally, 4-Mark McKenzie, 13-Tim Ream (Capt.), 5-Antonee Robinson; 8-Weston McKennie, 18-Tanner Tessmann; 6–Yunus Musah, 10-Christian Pulisic, 21-Tim Weah; 9-Ricardo Pepi

Substitutes: 15-Diego Kochen, 16-Patrick Schulte, 23-Zack Steffen, 2-Auston Trusty, 3-Chris Richards, 7-Alex Zendejas, 11-Brenden Aaronson, 12-Miles Robinson, 14-Gianluca Busio, 17-Malik Tillman, 19-Cade Cowell, 20-Brandon Vazquez

GAME NOTES | FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT JAMAICA

  • USMNT Starting XI Cap Numbers (including this match): Christian Pulisic (76), Tim Ream (66), Weston McKennie (58), Antonee Robinson (50), Matt Turner (49), Yunus Musah (45), Tim Weah ( 42), Ricardo Pepi (33), Joe Scally (19), Mark McKenzie (17), Tanner Tessmann (6)
  • Tonight’s USMNT Starting XI has an average age of 26 years, 19 days.
  • The Starting XI has an average of 41 caps and 23 in official competition.
  • Mauricio Pochettino makes one change to the line-up that faced Jamaica in Kingston on Thursday, bringing on Tim Weah for the injured Johnny Cardoso. Weah will make his first appearance since the red card against Panama on June 27 in the Copa América.
  • St. Louis native Tim Ream will captain the USMNT in his hometown tonight. The USMNT is 9W-3L-1D in 13 games when Ream wears the armband.
  • Ricardo Pepi starts consecutive USMNT games for the first time since World Cup qualifiers against Honduras (February 2, 2022) and Mexico (March 24, 2022). With his fifth-minute goal Thursday in Kingston, Pepi joined Jozy Altidore Landon Donovan and Christian Pulisic as the fourth USMNT player to record 12 goals before their 22nd birthday.
  • With his assist on Pepi’s goal on Thursday, Christian Pulisic earned his 49th career assist (31 goals, 18 assists).
  • Making his 35th appearance in the official competition tonight, Weston McKennie earns his USMNT-leading 16th Concacaf Nations League appearance. He also has the team lead with six goals overall in the competition.
  • The back four of Joe Scally, Mark McKenzie, Tim Ream and Antonee Robinson will start together for the second straight and third time overall, having previously worked in last month’s 2-0 win against Panama in Austin, Texas and Thursday’s 1 -0-victory in Jamaica.
  • Three starters have scored against Jamaica. With his strike on Thursday, Pepi took his goal with total courage Reggae Boyz to three, after his match in World Cup qualifying on October 7, 2021. Pulisic had a brace and McKennie added the second goal in the USA’s 3-1 win in the Concacaf Gold Cup semifinals on July 3, 2019, in Nashville. Tim Weah also scored the only American goal in a 1-1 World Cup qualifying draw on November 16, 2021 in Kingston.
  • Both born with Jamaican heritage, Antonee Robinson makes his seventh appearance while Mark McKenzie earns his second cap against Reggae Boyz tonight.
  • After missing the first leg through illness, midfielder Brenden Aaronson is available for selection tonight.
  • The USA is 21W-3L-10D in 34 all-time meetings with Jamaica and 16W-2L-4D in away games.
  • Twenty-five of the 33 all-time matches between the USA and Jamaica have been decided by one goal or less.
  • The USMNT is 8W-1L-3D in 12 games in St. Louis and is undefeated in its last 11 contests in the Archway City.