USA takes on New Zealand in final tune-up before World Cup qualifying Hex
The U.S. men's national team has 90 minutes of game time left before the final round of World Cup qualifying begins, and it'll aim to make the most of them when hosting New Zealand at Washington, D.C.'s RFK Stadium Tuesday night (8 p.m. ET, ESPN, UniMas).
The Americans are coming off a 2-0 win at Cuba, with Chris Wondolowski and Julian Green scoring the goals, and they'll be hoping to improve on a 2-0-0 all-time record against the All Whites, whom they have not played since 2003.
New Zealand, the favorite to seize the Oceania region's World Cup qualifying playoff berth, is coming off a 2-1 loss to Mexico on Saturday, snapping a 10-game unbeaten run (all against Oceania or Asian Confederation competition), with Marco Rojas scoring an equalizer a minute into the second half before Marco Fabian scored the game-winner 10 minutes later.
Here is the USA's starting lineup for the match:
Here is the #USMNT Starting XI for #USAvNZL! Tune in to @espn or @UniMas for kickoff at 8 p.m. ET. pic.twitter.com/iTX574wtCd
— U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) October 11, 2016
Stay tuned here for updates and highlights of goals and key moments from this friendly.
Here are the rosters for both teams:
USA
GOALKEEPERS: David Bingham (San Jose Earthquakes), Bill Hamid (D.C. United), William Yarbrough (Club Leon)
DEFENDERS: Kellyn Acosta (FC Dallas), Matt Besler (Sporting KC), Steve Birnbaum (D.C. United), Omar Gonzalez (Pachuca), Michael Orozco (Club Tijuana), Tim Parker (Vancouver Whitecaps), DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle)
MIDFIELDERS: Paul Arriola (Club Tijuana), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Lynden Gooch (Sunderland), Perry Kitchen (Hearts), Sacha Kljestan (New York Red Bulls), Danny Williams (Reading)
FORWARDS: Juan Agudelo (New England Revolution), Jozy Altidore (Toronto FC), Terrence Boyd (RB Leipzig), Julian Green (Bayern Munich)
New Zealand
GOALKEEPERS: Jake Gleeson (Portland Timbers), Stefan Marinovic (Unterhaching), Tamati Williams (RKC Waalwijk)
DEFENDERS: Michael Boxall (SuperSport United), Sam Brotherton (University of Wisconsin), Kip Colvey (San Jose Earthquakes), Andrew Durante (Wellington Phoenix), Louis Fenton (Wellington Phoenix), Liam Graham (Chesterfield FC), Themistoklis Tzimpoulos (PAS Giannina), Winston Reid (West Ham United), Deklan Wynne (Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2)
MIDFIELDERS: Henry Cameron (Blackpool United), Moses Dyer (Eastern Suburbs), Clayton Lewis (Auckland City), Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi (Auckland City), Michael McGlinchey (Wellington Phoenix), Matthew Ridentown (Wellington Phoenix), Marco Rojas (Melbourne Victory)
FORWARDS: Kosta Barbarouses (Wellington Phoenix), Rory Fallon (Truro City), Monty Patterson (Ipswich Town), Chris Wood (Leeds United)