Gio Reyna left off of USMNT squad as Gregg Berhalter calls in Christian Pulisic and Folarin Balogun for first games since return

Gio Reyna is not part of the current U.S. men’s national team camp under Gregg Berhalter.

Injuries have prevented Reyna from playing for Dortmund this season, but players like Balogun and Pulisic are active. Drake Callender from Inter Miami hopes to debut for the senior team, but Horvath and Turner from Nottingham Forest are ahead of him.

The US Men’s National Team (USMNT) will be playing against Uzbekistan in St. Louis on September 9th, followed by a match against Oman at Allianz Field three days later.

The camp is USMNT coach Berhalter’s first since being rehired. He is looking to move past the controversies of the 2022 World Cup. Berhalter hasn’t spoken to player Reyna since being hired, and will need to work on repairing relationships with several players.

USMNT SQUAD IN FULL: GOALKEEPERS (3): Drake Callender (Inter Miami; 0/0), Ethan Horvath (Nottingham Forest/ENG; 8/0), Matt Turner (Nottingham Forest/ENG; 32/0) 

DEFENDERS (9): Sergiño Dest (PSV Eindhoven/NED; 26/2), Kristoffer Lund (Palermo/ITA; 0/0), Mark McKenzie (Genk/BEL; 11/0), Kevin Paredes (Wolfsburg/GER; 0/0), Tim Ream (Fulham/ENG; 51/1), Chris Richards (Crystal Palace/ENG; 10/1), Antonee Robinson (Fulham/ENG; 36/2), Miles Robinson (Atlanta United; 25/3), Joe Scally (Borussia Mönchengladbach/GER; 6/0) 

MIDFIELDERS (6): Johnny Cardoso (Internacional/BRA; 7/0), Ben Cremaschi (Inter Miami; 0/0), Luca de la Torre (Celta Vigo/ESP; 16/0), Weston McKennie (Juventus/ITA; 44/11), Yunus Musah (AC Milan/ITA; 27/0), Malik Tillman (PSV/NED; 4/0) 

FORWARDS (6): Brenden Aaronson (Union Berlin/GER; 32/7), Folarin Balogun (Arsenal/ENG; 2/1), Cade Cowell (San Jose Earthquakes; 8/1), Ricardo Pepi (PSV/NED; 16/7), Christian Pulisic (AC Milan/ITA; 60/25), Tim Weah (Juventus/ITA; 31/4)

The USMNT will have September friendlies against Uzbekistan and Oman, which are expected to be easy matches. However, they will face tougher opponents in October, hosting Germany and Ghana. The team will then look forward to the Nations League quarterfinals in November.