USMNT bets on youth as 13 uncapped players join veterans for fall friendlies
USMNT coach Mauricio Pochettino unveiled a 28-man fall roster featuring 13 uncapped players—including 16-year-old Cavan Sullivan and other teens like Julian Hall—signaling a deliberate generational shift while balancing 13 World Cup veterans for four friendlies against Peru, Chile, Mexico and Canada. The move underscores an open-door policy aimed at building toward the 2030 World Cup and 2028 Olympics, with veterans such as Yunus Musah helping guide the transition.