Already without several key players for its last tournament before the 2026 World Cup, the U.S. men’s national soccer team announced Sunday that forward Folarin Balogun will miss the Concacaf Gold Cup with an ankle injury.
As players began assembling in Chicago for training camp, Coach Mauricio Pochettino scratched three players from his roster, including Balogun, who was slated to return for the first time since September after recovering from a shoulder injury.
Reserves DeJuan Jones (lower body) and Sean Zawadzki (knee) also were removed from the roster. The three were replaced by forward Paxten Aaronson, the younger brother of U.