Luca de la Torre is heading to Qatar despite injury concern, but Paul Arriola will stay home after being passed up by coach Gregg Berhalter
coach Gregg Berhalter finalized his 26-man World Cup roster Sunday, then began the arduous process of informing players.
“Really painful conversation to make,” Berhalter said of Arriola, “because he has been there since day one. For one reason or another, we haven’t always had all our wingers fit and available. And now, as we lead up to the World Cup, every one of those players is fit and available. It just made Paul the odd man out, and it sucks.”
His exclusion was one of several roster surprises. The most notable was Zack Steffen, the No. 1 goalkeeper for much of qualifying before being unseated by Arsenal backup Matt Turner. But Turner injured his groin three weeks ago and last played Oct. 20. Berhalter opted to take Ethan Horvath from England’s Luton Town and Sean Johnson from MLS club NYCFC as cover instead of Steffen.
The only player among the 26 with prior World Cup experience is defender DeAndre Yedlin, who was 20 at the 2014 tournament in Brazil . Five of the 26 did not appear in qualifying for Qatar. With an average age of 25½, it trails only the 1990 squad as the youngest U.S. World Cup roster in history.
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