International Friendly: USA vs. Colombia

Lineup note
USMNT vs Colombia
international goodwill
January 28, 2023
Dignity Health Sports Park; Carson, CA
Pre-match coverage: TNT, Telemundo, Peacock, Telemundo app at 7pm ET.
Kickoff: 7:37 PM ET (TNT, Telemundo, Peacock, Telemundo app)
Social media: @USMNT on twitter When Instagram; U.S. Soccer FacebookUS Soccer App

Tonight’s USMNT Starting XI vs. Colombia: 1- Sean Johnson, 3- Walker Zimmerman, 4- DeJuan Jones, 6- Paxten Aaronson, 7- Paul Arriola, 9- Jesús Ferreira, 12- John Tolkin, 13- Matthew Hoppe, 15 – Aaron Long, 19 – Eric Williamson, 23 – Kellyn Acosta (Captain)

Substitutes: 18-Romain Celentano, 24-Gaga Slonina, 2-Julian Gressel, 5-Jonathan Gomez,
8-Brandon Vazquez, 10-Paxton Pomikal, 11-Emmanuel Sabi, 14-Alan Sonora, 16-Sam Rogers, 20-Cade Cowell, 21-Aidan Morris, 22-Jalen Neal

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• USMNT Starting XI Cap Numbers (including this match): Kellyn Acosta (57), Paul Ariola (50), Walker Zimmerman (39), Aaron Long (31) Jesús Ferreira (17), Sean Johnson (11), Matthew Hoppe (8) ), Eric Williamson (6), DeJuan Jones (2), Paxten Aaronson (1), John Tolkien (1)

• The average age of today’s USMNT Starting XI is 25 years 306 days, averaging 19 caps overall.

• Two players, midfielder Pakhten Aaronsson and defender John Tolkien, made their USMNT debuts tonight, bringing the total to 10 during camp this January.

• When Paxten Aaronson starts, he and Brenden Aaronson will be the eighth siblings to appear on the USMNT. John and Pedro DeBrito. Otto and Rolf Decker. Angelo and Paul DiBernardo. Charlie and Henry McCurry. George and Louis Nanchov. Steve and Ken Snow. Archie and Tom Stark.

• Midfielder Kellin Acosta, the most seasoned international player on the roster, will captain the USMNT for the first time tonight.

• Veteran forward Paul Arriola scores 50 points^th cap to 60^th A player who achieves the USMNT half-century mark.

• All five of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers will start tonight. Goalkeeper Sean Johnson, defenders Aaron Long and Walker his Zimmerman, midfielder Kerin Acosta and forward Jesús Ferreira.

• Born in Santa Marta, Colombia, Jesús Ferreira turns 35^th Another player playing against his country of birth for the USMNT. He is his third Colombian American to face. Los Cafeteros Following Jorge Acosta (July 31, 1992) and Carlos Llamosa (February 3, 2001).

• Sean Johnson is back in the net for the USMNT for the first time since shutting out Uruguay to a 0-0 draw in June. Kansas City, Kansas, May 5, 2022.

• Johnson (January 22, 2011 v Chile), Jesús Ferreira (February 1, 2020 v Costa Rica) and Kerin Acosta (Jan 31, 2016 v Iceland) made their senior team debuts at Dignity Health Sports Park. rice field.

• After making his debut on Wednesday, defender DeJuan Jones made his first start for the USMNT tonight.

• After coming off the bench on Wednesday, forward Matthew Hoppe and midfielder Eric Williamson made their first starts since the Conca-Café Gold Cup final against Mexico on August 1, 2021 in Las Vegas.

• With Alex Zendejas back at Club America after Wednesday’s game, all 23 players are gearing up for tonight’s game. He is allowed six substitutions on six different occasions. Halftime does not count as a moment of substitution.

• USMNT has gone 3-13-4 in 20 matches against Columbia. At the final meeting Los Cafeteros 4-2 win against USMNT on October 11, 2018 in Tampa, Florida. The USMNT defeated Columbia for the last time in his 3–0 win on March 9, 2005 in Fullerton, California.

• The referee for today’s match is Said Martinez of Honduras. USMNT has him 5-0-1, with Martínez in charge. He last refereeed Concacaf in his Nations League group stage match against Grenada on June 10, 2022 in Austin in America’s 5–0 win.