LINEUP NOTES
USMNT vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina
2026 FIFA World Cup – Round of 32
July 1, 2026
San Francisco Bay Area Stadium; Santa Clara, Calif.
Kickoff: 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET on FOX, Telemundo and Peacock
Radio: Fútbol de Primera
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Today’s USMNT Starting XI vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina: 24-Matt Freese, 2-Sergiño Dest, 3-Chris Richards 4-Tyler Adams, 5-Antonee Robinson, 8-Weston McKennie, 10-Christian Pulisic, 13-Tim Ream (Capt.), 16-Alex Freeman, 17-Malik Tillman, 20-Folarin Balogun
Substitutes: 1-Matt Turner, 25-Chris Brady, 6-Auston Trusty, 7-Gio Reyna, 9-Ricardo Pepi, 11-Brenden Aaronson, 12-Miles Robinson, 14-Sebastian Berhalter, 18-Max Arfsten, 19-Haji Wright, 21-Tim Weah, 23-Joe Scally, 26-Alex Zendejas
Not Dressed: Mark McKenzie, Cristian Roldan
ROSTER NOTES
- USMNT Starting XI Caps (including this match): Christian Pulisic (89), Tim Ream (85), Weston McKennie (70), Tyler Adams (57), Antonee Robinson (57), Sergiño Dest (43), Chris Richards (39), Malik Tillman (34), Folarin Balogun (30), Alex Freeman (21) and Matt Freese (18).
- USMNT Starting XI World Cup Caps (including this match): Sergiño Dest (8), Weston McKennie (8), Tyler Adams (7), Christian Pulisic (7), Tim Ream (7), Antonee Robinson (7), Alex Freeman (4), Malik Tillman (4), Folarin Balogun (3), Matt Freese (3), Chris Richards (3).
- The Starting XI averages 48 caps overall and 27 caps in official competitions.
- The starting lineup has an average age of 27 years, 146 days.
- After making nine changes to the lineup for last Thursday’s match against Türkiye, Mauricio Pochettino makes a new USMNT World Cup record 10 changes to tonight’s lineup. Veteran midfielder Weston McKennie is the lone holdover as Pochettino deploys the same lineup from the team’s opening 4-1 win against Paraguay in the group stage on June 12 in Los Angeles.
- After coming off the bench in the 58th minute last Thursday, Christian Pulisic returns to the lineup, making his third appearance and second start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
- McKennie is the only player to start all eight matches for the USA at each of the last two FIFA World Cups. The Little Elm, Texas product becomes just the sixth USMNT player to start eight consecutive World Cup matches, joining Landon Donovan (12 consecutive starts), Clint Dempsey (10), Brian McBride (10), Michael Bradley (8) and Tim Howard (8).
- Also making his eighth career World Cup appearance, Sergiño Dest joins McKennie in tying Marcelo Balboa, Michael Bradley, Tim Howard and Eric Wynalda for 10th on the USMNT’s all-time World Cup caps list.
- Alex Freeman, 21, becomes the ninth player under the age of 22 to start for the USMNT in a World Cup Knockout Round match: James Brown, Billy Gonsalves, Bert Patenaude (1930 vs. Argentina); Ed Czerkiewicz (1934 vs. Italy); Landon Donovan (2002 vs. Mexico and Germany); Jozy Altidore (2010 vs. Ghana); Jesús Ferreira and Yunus Musah (2022 vs. Netherlands).
- Freeman and Malik Tillman join Dest and McKennie as the four starters making their fourth appearance in the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
- Tim Ream captains the USMNT for the 32nd time tonight, ranking him sixth all-time on the USMNT captains list. Ream is making his 85th appearance, tying him with Frankie Hejduk and Bruce Murray for 23rd on the USMNT’s all-time caps list.
- Six players in the lineup also started the USA’s last match in the World Cup Knockout Round, coming against Netherlands in the Round of 16 on Dec. 3, 2022 in Qatar: Tyler Adams, Sergiño Dest, Weston McKennie, Christian Pulisic, Tim Ream and Antonee Robinson.
- Mark McKenzie and Cristian Roldan are unavailable for the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
