LINEUP NOTES
USMNT vs Canada
US Soccer Fan Appreciation Game | International Friendly
7 September 2024
Children’s Mercy Park; Kansas City, Kansas.
Pre-match coverage: 3:30 p.m. ET on TBS, Telemundo, Universo, Max, Peacock and Fútbol de Primera Radio
Kickoff: 4:00 p.m. ET on TBS, Telemundo, Universo, Max, Peacock and Fútbol de Primera Radio
Social Media: @USMNT on X and Instagram; US Soccer on Facebook, the US Soccer app

The USMNT starting lineup tonight against Canada: 16 – Patrick Schulte; 3 – Chris Richards, 6 – Yunus Musah, 10 – Christian Pulisic (captain), 11 – Brenden Aaronson, 13 – Tim Ream, 15 – Johnny Cardoso, 17 – Malik Tillman, 20 – Folarin Balogun, 22 – Joe Scally, 23 – Kristoffer Lund

Substitutes: 1-Matt Turner, 18-Ethan Horvath, 21-Diego Kochen, 2-Auston Trusty, 4-Mark McKenzie, 5-Caleb Wiley, 7-Cade Cowell, 8-Aidan Morris, 9-Ricardo Pepi, 12-Marlon Fossey, 14-Luca de la Torre, 19-Haji Wright, 24-Josh Sargent

GAME NOTES | FIVE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CANADA

• USMNT starting eleven numbers (including this game): Christian Pulisic (72), Tim Ream (62), Brenden Aaronson (43), Yunus Musah (39), Chris Richards (22), Folarin Balogun (16), Joe Scally (15), Malik Tillman (13), Kristoffer Lund (4), Patrick Schulte (2).
• The average age of today’s starting eleven is 24 years and 164 days.
• The starting eleven has an average of 27 appearances.
• Eight starters are 23 years or younger: Brenden Aaronson, Folarin Balogun and Patrick Schulte (23); Johnny Cardoso, Kristoffer Lund and Malik Tillman (22); Yunus Musah and Joe Scally (21).
• Goalkeeper Patrick Schulte is making his second international appearance for the USMNT, having made his debut on Jan. 20 against Slovenia before leading the United States to the quarterfinals of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
• Defender Kristoffer Lund makes his first appearance since starting the USMNT’s 4-0 win over Ghana on October 17, 2023.
• Midfielder Malik Tillman will make his first start since a 3-1 overtime win over Jamaica in the Concacaf Nations League semifinals on March 21 in Arlington, Texas.
• Brenden Aaronson will make his first start of 2024. The Leeds United striker was last in the starting line-up on November 20, 2023 in Trinidad and Tobago in the Concacaf Nations League.
• Midfielder Johnny Cardoso celebrates his third career start and his second in 2024.
• Centre-back Chris Richards will make his eighth appearance in 2024, a career high within a calendar year.
• In the United States’ last game against Uruguay on July 1, six players were in the starting lineup: defenders Tim Ream, Chris Richards and Joe Scally, midfielder Yunus Musah and strikers Folarin Balogun and Christian Pulisic.
• Christian Pulisic captains the USMNT for the 27th time tonight. The USA’s record is 17 wins, 5 losses and 4 draws when Pulisic wears the captain’s armband.
• Pulisic has scored 30 goals in his career and with his next goal for the USMNT, he will pass Brian McBride for fifth place on the team’s all-time goalscoring list. With his next assist, Pulisic will tie Eddie Lewis and Eric Wynalda (17 each) for sixth place among all USMNT players.
• Pulisic’s five career goals against CONMEBOL opponents put him, along with Clint Dempsey and Bert Patenaude, in second place among all USMNT players. He is just one goal behind Landon Donovan’s six.
• Seven regular players were on the pitch in the 2023 Concacaf Nations League final against Canada, including debuting goalscorers Folarin Balogun and Chris Richards. They are joined by Brenden Aaronson, Johnny Cardoso, Yunus Musah, Christian Pulisic and Joe Scally.
• Eight regular players have already played against Canada: Pulisic (4), Aaronson and Ream (3 each), Musah and Richards (2 each), Balogun, Cardoso and Scally (1 each).
• Reserve defender Marlon Fossey would make his USMNT debut if he comes off the bench today.
• The United States has a total of 17 wins, 10 losses and 13 ties against Canada in a series that began in 1925.
• Six substitutions are allowed at three different times. Half-time does not count as a substitution time.
• The referee for today’s game is Antonio Herrera Villalobos from Costa Rica. It is his first game for the USMNT.