The U.S. men’s national team coach appears to be taking next week’s match against Haiti seriously. Mauricio Pochettino has called up some of his best players.
The United States has named the squad that will face Haiti’s Grenadiers, and the shape of it suggests head coach Mauricio Pochettino is treating the tie as anything but a formality.
In a roster announced Saturday by U.S. Soccer, the U.S. Men’s National Team added midfielder Jack McGlynn in place of the injured Gio Reyna for the Concacaf Nations League Quarterfinals — a two-leg series against Haiti that opens the new cycle’s first official competition.
McGlynn, the 23-year-old Stoke City midfielder, comes in for Reyna, who was withdrawn due to injury, leaving the roster at 25 players. According to U.S. Soccer, the group begins training Monday at the Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center in Atlanta.
The call-up rewards form. McGlynn has 13 senior caps with two goals and two assists, and featured in all six matches at the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup — including as a substitute the last time the U.S. beat Haiti, a 2-1 group-stage win. Since joining the English Championship side Stoke City in the summer, he has a team-high five goals with two assists in 11 appearances and has scored in each of his last three matches, helping lift Stoke to level on points at the top of the table.
For Haiti, the takeaway is in the names around McGlynn.
Pochettino has called in the core of his Europe-based group: captain Christian Pulisic of AC Milan (90 caps, 33 goals), Weston McKennie of Juventus (71/12), Monaco forward Folarin Balogun (31/12), Fulham’s Antonee Robinson (62/5), Bournemouth’s Tyler Adams (62/2), PSV’s Sergiño Dest (46/3) and Crystal Palace’s Chris Richards (43/4). This is not an experimental lineup, and for a Haitian side that has grown into a genuine Concacaf competitor, that is its own form of respect.
The series carries real stakes beyond bragging rights. The U.S. opens Nov. 14 at Nu Stadium in Miami, with kickoff at 4:30 p.m. ET, then hosts the second leg three days later, on Nov. 17, at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, at 7 p.m. ET. Both matches air on TBS, truTV, Universo, HBO Max and Peacock, with radio coverage on Westwood One and Fútbol de Primera.
The two legs will test where the Grenadiers stand against one of the region’s benchmark programs, on U.S. soil and in front of what will likely be a large Haitian diaspora presence in both Miami and Cincinnati. Haiti arrives as the opponent the U.S. has prepared a near-full-strength squad to meet — the clearest measure of how seriously Pochettino is taking the matchup.
Below is the full roster as communicated by U.S. Soccer, by position, with each player’s club (and country, where abroad) and caps/goals.
Goalkeepers (3): Matt Freese (New York City FC; 20/0), Diego Kochen (Lyngby Boldklub/DEN; 2/0), Brian Schwake (Nashville SC; 2/0)
Defenders (9): Reed Baker-Whiting (Nashville SC; 0/0), Sergiño Dest (PSV Eindhoven/NED; 46/3), Alex Freeman (Villarreal/ESP; 26/3), Mark McKenzie (Toulouse FC/FRA; 30/0), Neil Pierre (Philadelphia Union; 3/0), Bryan Reynolds (Stade Rennais/FRA; 7/1), Chris Richards (Crystal Palace/ENG; 43/4), Antonee Robinson (Fulham/ENG; 62/5), Auston Trusty (Celtic/SCO; 14/1)
Midfielders (8): Tyler Adams (AFC Bournemouth/ENG; 62/2), Mathis Albert (Borussia Dortmund/GER; 4/1), Sebastian Berhalter (Middlesbrough/ENG; 22/4), Santiago Castañeda (SC Paderborn/GER; 0/0), Jack McGlynn (Stoke City/ENG; 13/2), Weston McKennie (Juventus/ITA; 71/12), Adri Mehmeti (Red Bull New York; 3/0), Malik Tillman (Bayer Leverkusen/GER; 39/7)
Forwards (5): Folarin Balogun (Monaco/FRA; 31/12), Justin Ellis (Orlando City SC; 3/2), Julian Hall (Red Bull New York; 4/3), Christian Pulisic (AC Milan/ITA; 90/33), Cavan Sullivan (Philadelphia Union; 3/1)
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