The U.S. Men’s National Team continues its fall Kickoff Series when it takes on South American power Colombia on Thursday, Oct. 11 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla.
ROSTER BY POSITION (Club; Caps/Goals)
GOALKEEPERS (3): 1-Brad Guzan (Atlanta United FC; 58/0), 22- Ethan Horvath (Club Brugge/BEL; 2/0), 12-Zack Steffen (Columbus Crew SC; 5/0)
DEFENDERS (8): 6-John Brooks (Wolfsburg/GER; 34/3), 18-Reggie Cannon (FC Dallas; 0/0), 5-Cameron Carter-Vickers (Swansea City/WAL; 5/0), 21-Aaron Long (New York Red Bulls; 0/0), 3-Matt Miazga (Nantes/FRA; 9/1), 17-Antonee Robinson (Wigan Athletic/ENG; 4/0), 19-Ben Sweat (New York City FC; 0/0), 2-DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle United/ENG; 54/0)
MIDFIELDERS (9): 23-Kellyn Acosta (Colorado Rapids; 19/1), 15-Jonathan Amon (Nordsjælland/DEN; 0/0), 4-Michael Bradley (Toronto FC/CAN; 140/17), 8-Marky Delgado (Toronto FC/CAN; 3/0), 16-Julian Green (Greuther Fürth/GER; 12/4), 14-Fafa Picault (Philadelphia Union; 1/0) 10-Kenny Saief (Anderlecht/BEL; 2/0), 20-Wil Trapp (Columbus Crew SC; 8/0), 11-Tim Weah (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA; 5/1)
FORWARDS (3): 9-Andrija Novakovich (Fortuna Sittard/NED; 2/0), 13-Josh Sargent (Werder Bremen/GER; 3/1), 7-Bobby Wood (Hannover 96/GER; 41/12)
USA-COLOMBIA NOTES
- With 19 matches since the series began in 1961, Colombia is the USA’s most frequent international opponent outside of Concacaf.
- The USA trails Los Cafeteros 3-12-4 in the all-time series.
- The MNT won the highest-stakes match between the two nations, when current General Manager Earnie Stewart scored the game-winning goal in a 2-1 victory during the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
- Notably, the MNT earned its first victory against Colombia on Oct. 11, 1984, a 1-0 win in Los Angeles 34 years to the day of Thursday night’s match.
- The teams most recently met twice during the Copa America Centenario. Colombia defeated the MNT 2-0 in the opening match on June 3, 2016 in Santa Clara, Calif., before achieving a 1-0 result against the USA in the Third-Place Match on June 25, 2016 in Glendale, Ariz.
