Matt Turner is not assured of remaining america’ beginning goalkeeper for the Concacaf Gold Cup after failing to play for Crystal Palace for the previous two months.
Turner has began 14 consecutive aggressive matches for the U.S. and 23 of 24 courting to the 2022 World Cup, the lone exception a Gold Cup group stage recreation towards St. Kitts and Nevis in 2023.
“After all, till now Matt was our number-one alternative, however that may change,” U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino mentioned Tuesday throughout a Zoom information convention. “In our thoughts, it is open for one more participant possibly to problem.”
Turner is amongst six goalkeepers on the 60-man preliminary roster, joined by Zack Steffen, Matt Freese, Patrick Schulte, Diego Kochen and Chris Brady. Pochettino intends to select 4 for his coaching camp forward of video games towards Turkey and Switzerland that precede the event.
Turner, who turns 31 subsequent month, has performed simply 4 matches for Crystal Place this season, one within the League Cup and three within the FA Cup. Dean Henderson was in purpose when Palace beat Manchester Metropolis within the FA Cup ultimate final weekend for its first main trophy.
Turner’s final recreation was on March 23, the People’ 2-1 loss to Canada within the CONCACAF Nations League third-place recreation. His final membership match was on March 1.
Since leaving Main League Soccer’s New England for Arsenal in the summertime of 2022, Turner has performed simply 31 membership matches in three seasons for the Gunners, Nottingham Forest and Palace. Regaining a beginning membership job is crucial if Turner is to be the U.S. starter at subsequent yr’s World Cup.
“We had been speaking with him,” Pochettino mentioned. “In a single yr time, I feel he must discover a solution to compete each week.”
The U.S. performs Turkey on June 7 at East Hartford, Connecticut, and Switzerland three days later at Nashville, Tennessee, then meets Trinidad and Tobago, Saudi Arabia and Haiti within the first spherical of the Gold Cup.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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