Mauricio Pochettino brought several familiar faces back into the fold, and confirmed the ascension of some newer up-and-comers, in the US men’s national team roster released on Thursday for this month’s Stateside friendlies vs. Ecuador and Australia, in one of just four FIFA international windows remaining between now and next summer’s FIFA 2026 World Cup on home soil.

Past mainstays Weston McKennie and Antonee “Jedi” Robinson are back, while MLS alumni Aidan Morris ( Columbus Crew ) and Tanner Tessmann ( FC Dallas ) have earned returns with sparkling performances for Middlesbrough and Olympique Lyon, respectively. And an all-MLS goalkeeping competition beckons, with Matt Turner ( New England ) vying to regain the No. 1 job Matt Freese ( New York City FC ) won over the s

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