Weston McKennie will play no additional half within the U.S. males’s nationwide group’s schedule this month.
McKennie has left the USMNT squad as a result of an aggravated left knee tendinopothy, U.S. Soccer introduced Saturday. There shall be no alternative for McKennie on the November roster forward of Monday’s CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal second leg journey to Trinidad & Tobago.
The USMNT gained its first leg 3-0 towards the Soca Warriors on Thursday in Austin, Texas because of targets from Ricardo Pepi, Antonee Robinson, and Gio Reyna.
McKennie was the sufferer of two laborious challenges from T&T’s Noah Powder through the match, each of which led to yellow playing cards being given to Powder. The veteran midfielder was ejected within the thirty eighth minute after his second problem on McKennie.
Pepi’s aim within the 82nd minute broke the impasse from Q2 Stadium earlier than insurance coverage targets from Robinson and Reyna helped pad the USMNT’s combination lead.
McKennie’s absence might power Gregg Berhalter into a number of completely different lineup choices. Each Yunus Musah and Reyna partnered McKennie within the coronary heart of the USMNT’s midfield on Thursday.
Lennard Maloney, Luca De La Torre, and Paxten Aaronson are all midfield choices who had been unused substitutes for the primary leg.
The USMNT has defeated Trinidad & Tobago in every of its final 4 head-to-head matches. Ought to the Individuals advance, they’d attain the Nations League semifinals (March 2024) and the 2024 Copa America.