Usmnt World Cup Roster Tracker: Ranking The Five Best Players Of The Week

There are conscionable complete 200 days to spell until nan U.S. men’s nationalist squad laces up and hits nan transportation for nan opening crippled of nan 2026 FIFA World Cup astatine SoFi Stadium.

With nan pressing issues of shape and fitness, and a desire to ace head coach Mauricio Pochettino’s 26-player roster, each lucifer astatine nine level is captious for each subordinate arsenic they look towards their eventual extremity of representing nan country. 

A number of high-profile players were successful action, but it was really those who are connected nan periphery who stood up to beryllium counted arsenic nan almanac flipped complete until November.

Here’s Sports Illustrated’s top 5 USMNT performances of nan week.

Joe Scally (right) helped unafraid a ascendant triumph for Mönchengladbach. / Selim Sudheimer/Getty Images

4. Ricardo Pepi (PSV Eindhoven)

Ricardo Pepi scored disconnected nan chair for PSV successful a ascendant performance. / hoto Prestige/Soccrates/Getty Images

2. Tyler Adams (Bournemouth)

Tyler Adams scored his first extremity successful English shot arsenic an equalizer against Manchester City. / PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images

Max Arfsten had a extremity and an assistance successful Columbus Crew's 4–0 triumph complete FC Cincinnati. / Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

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