Michael Bradley and Jozy Altidore, familiar faces on the U.S. men’s national soccer team, are out for now. Sergiño Dest and Paxton Pomykal are in.
Who?
Two members of a junior team that reached the Under-20 World Cup quarterfinals in May received call-ups Wednesday for friendlies against Mexico on Sept. 6 in East Rutherford, N.J., and Uruguay on Sept. 10 in St. Louis.
In all, Coach Gregg Berhalter named 26 players for the first U.S. matches since a second-place finish at the Concacaf Gold Cup. Most were members of that summer squad, including attacker Christian Pulisic and goalkeeper Zack Steffen.