{"id":1283,"date":"2026-05-29T09:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=1283"},"modified":"2026-05-29T09:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:04:08","slug":"reyna-berhalter-zendejas-on-us-world-cup-roster-while-luna-and-tessmann-left-off-by-pochettino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=1283","title":{"rendered":"Reyna, Berhalter, Zendejas on US World Cup roster, while Luna and Tessmann left off by Pochettino"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Tim Ream was filled with anxiety, right up until 1 p.m. Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeaving the training ground and walking to my car with a box full of bobbleheads to take home to my kids,\u201d the 38-year-old defender recalled, \u201cmy WhatsApp started to go a little bit crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=1281\">Israeli military strikes southern suburb of Beirut before crucial Lebanon-Israel talks in Washington<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ream was among 26 players who received a video in a group chat from Sam Zapata, the U.S. national team administrative manager, informing those selected for the World Cup roster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGuys, if you are watching that video, it is because you are in,\u201d U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino told them. \u201cI am so excited to communicate that you are going to be on the roster for the World Cup 2026, in the World Cup that you are going to host.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt made me stop on my tracks,\u201d said Ream, hoping to become the oldest U.S. player to appear in soccer&#8217;s top tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Midfielders Gio Reyna and Sebastian Berhalter, sons of a former captain and an ex-coach, were picked by along with forward Alejandro Zendejas.<\/p>\n<p>Midfielders Diego Luna and Tanner Tessmann were left off.<\/p>\n<p>Holding American jerseys with wavy red and white stripes, players were introduced Tuesday at a made-for-TV event on the roof of the South Street Seaport\u2019s Pier 17 with the Brooklyn Bridge as a backdrop. They were announced in the numerical order of jersey numbers assigned by equipment manager Kyle Robertson, taking seniority into account. All were on hand except for defender Chris Richards, in Germany with Crystal Palace for Wednesday\u2019s UEFA Conference League final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want this so bad,\u201d said forward Christian Pulisic, the biggest American star. \u201cIf you&#8217;re not a little bit nervous, you don\u2019t feel a little, you don\u2019t care. So, we care so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Defender Sergi\u00f1o Dest, midfielder Tyler Adams and forward Haji Wright were added after missing March friendlies because of injuries. Zendejas was bypassed for the March roster after a knee injury last fall.<\/p>\n<p>A few minutes after the Friday video arrived, emails were sent to all 55 players on the preliminary roster informing them of their fate. Pochettino didn&#8217;t give explanations to those omitted, comparing the rejection with how he felt when Tottenham executive chairman Daniel Levy fired him as manager in 2019 and then asked to speak.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you want to talk about (with) me?\u201d Pochettino said. \u201cI don&#8217;t want to hear nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luna missed the March matches because of a knee injury after playing in 17 of 18 international games last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s painful because I really know what it means to be out of the roster,\u201d said Pochettino, who failed to make Argentina&#8217;s roster as a defender in 1994 and 1998, then was chosen in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring two weeks I didn\u2019t sleep,&#8221; the coach said. &#8220;And today still I cannot enjoy the 26 guys that are in front of me because I am thinking in players that are out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Final rosters are submitted to FIFA on June 1 and injuries could cause a change until one day before the U.S. opener against Paraguay on June 12.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings can happen. They need to be ready because maybe we can call,\u201d Pochettino said.<\/p>\n<p>Reyna, a son of former U.S. captain Claudio Reyna, nearly was sent home from the 2022 World Cup by then-coach Gregg Berhalter for lack of hustle and made just four starts this season for Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach \u2014 none since Dec. 19.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=1279\">Ex-doctor pleads no contest in Broward child sexual abuse material case, records show<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t say that he\u2019s going to play the game, but he can help,\u201d Pochettino said. \u201cHe can help because he\u2019s a different player, different talent, and I think in all the roster you need to have a player like him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sebastian Berhalter, a 25-year-old son of the former coach, made his national team debut last June and became the Americans&#8217; best corner-kick taker.<\/p>\n<p>Players dropped who had been on the March roster included goalkeeper Patrick Schulte, Tessmann and fellow midfielder Aidan Morris. Two players were sidelined by recent injuries: midfielder Johnny Cardoso (right ankle surgery) and forward Patrick Agyemang (torn right Achilles). Defender Cameron Carter-Vickers is recovering from a torn Achilles in October.<\/p>\n<p>Who is back from 2022?<\/p>\n<p>Half the roster returns from the last World Cup: goalkeeper Matt Turner; Dest, Ream and fellow defenders Antonee Robinson and Joe Scally; Adams and fellow midfielders Weston McKennie, Reyna and Cristian Roldan; and Pulisic and Wright at forward with Brenden Aaronson and Tim Weah.<\/p>\n<p>Richards and Miles Robinson were picked after injuries sidelined them ahead of the 2022 tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Richards is a health concern after tearing two left ankle ligaments on May 17. Pochettino said he won&#8217;t know Richards&#8217; status until he arrives in the U.S. for training because clubs \u201chide things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas really, really tough to have the real information to make our best decision,\u201d Pochettino said. \u201cHow selfish, no, is the people in soccer or in football?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among the final cuts four years ago, Ricardo Pepi made it this time.<\/p>\n<p>Players from 2022 left off included goalkeepers Ethan Horvath and Sean Johnson; Carter-Vickers and fellow defenders Aaron Long, Shaq Moore, DeAndre Yedlin and Walker Zimmerman; midfielders Kellyn Acosta, Luca de la Torre and Yunus Musah; and forwards Jes\u00fas Ferreira, Jordan Morris and Josh Sargent.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s average age of 26 years, 332 days as of the U.S. opener is up from 25-216 four years ago and the fifth-youngest for an American World Cup roster.<\/p>\n<p>Where are players from?<\/p>\n<p>Just eight players were taken from Major League Soccer, the fewest since four in 2010. Five players are based in England, three each in Germany\u2019s Bundesliga and France\u2019s Ligue 1, two apiece in Italy\u2019s Serie A and the Dutch Eredivisie, and one each in Mexico, Scotland and Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Pulisic ended his AC Milan season scoreless in 19 games since Dec. 28 and has gone eight U.S. matches without a goal since November 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Pochettino&#8217;s three strikers finished their club seasons in form, combining for 56 goals: Folarin Balogun and Pepi scored 19 each and Wright 18.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time since 1990, no American goalkeepers are from European clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Ream will be 38 years, 250 days on the day the U.S. plays its opener, older than defender Fernando Clavijo when the U.S. was knocked out by Brazil in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>Defender Alex Freeman, a son of former Super Bowl champion Antonio Freeman, is the youngest American this year at 21.<\/p>\n<p>No. 3 goalkeeper Chris Brady is the first player on the U.S. World Cup roster with no international experience since backup goalkeeper Juergen Sommer in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=1277\">Immunotherapy giving new hope to patients with advanced melanoma<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP World Cup coverage: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/fifa-world-cup<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Tim Ream was filled with anxiety, right up until 1 p.m. Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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