The U.S. men's national team is in the period in between World Cup qualifying windows, and one of the biggest questions looking forward is whether midfield star Weston McKennie will be brought back into the squad.
McKennie was omitted from the U.S.'s second match of the September window and then expelled before the third for breaking team protocol in Nashville. According to ESPN, McKennie spent a night outside of the team's COVID-19 bubble and brought an unauthorized individual back to his hotel room in the bubble on a different evening. U.S. Soccer left things short on specifics but deemed McKennie's actions a "violation of team policy" that resulted in his not playing vs.