Starting XI and Lineup Notes: USMNT vs. Portugal, Tuesday March 31, 2026

USMNT vs. Portugal, presented by Bank of America
Non-Official Match
March 31, 2026
Mercedes-Benz Stadium; Atlanta, Ga.
Pre-Game Coverage: 6:00 p.m. ET on TNT, TruTV, Telemundo, Universo, HBO Max, Peacock
Kickoff: 7 p.m. ET on TNT, TruTV, Telemundo, Universo, HBO Max, Peacock
Radio: Westwood One, Fútbol de Primera

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Tonight’s USMNT Starting XI vs.Portugal: 24-Matt Freese, 2-Auston Trusty, 3-Chris Richards (capt.), 5-Antonee Robinson, 8-Weston McKennie, 10-Christian Pulisic, 14-Sebastian Berhalter, 16-Alex Freeman, 17-Malik Tillman, 21-Tim Weah, 23-Aidan Morris

Substitutes: 1-Matt Turner, 26-Chris Brady, 27-Patrick Schulte, 4-Cristian Roldan, 6-Tanner Tessmann, 7-Gio Reyna, 9-Ricardo Pepi, 11-Brenden Aaronson, 13-Tim Ream, 18-Max Arfsten, 19-Joe Scally, 20-Folarin Balogun, 22-Mark McKenzie, 25-Patrick Agyemang

Not Dressed: 12-Miles Robinson

ROSTER NOTES

• USMNT Starting XI Caps (including this match): Christian Pulisic (84), Weston McKennie (64), Antonee Robinson (52), Tim Weah (49), Chris Richards (36), Malik Tillman (28), Alex Freeman (15), Matt Freese (14), Aidan Morris (14), Sebastian Berhalter (11), Auston Trusty (6)
• The Starting XI averages 33 caps and has an average age of 25 years, 360 days.
• Mauricio Pochettino makes six changes to the lineup that started Saturday’s match against Belgium, inserting goalkeeper Matt Freese, defenders Alex Freeman, Chris Richards and Auston Trusty and midfielders Sebastian Berhalter and Aidan Morris.
• Captaining the USMNT for the third time tonight, defender Chris Richards make his first USMNT appearance since the 2-1 victory against Australia on October 14, 2025.
• Richards and defender Auston Trusty pair together in central defense for the first time tonight.
• Goalkeeper Matt Freese starts the second USMNT match of 2026 after earning all 13 of his previous caps in 2025, including three clean sheets over that stretch of games.
• Defender Antonee Robinson picked up an assist against Belgium on Saturday in his first USMNT appearance since November 18, 2024, against Jamaica.
• Overall Starting XI Appearances vs. FIFA Top-10 opponents (including this match): Pulisic (11), McKennie (11), Robinson (9), Weah (9).
• Five of the Starting 11 players were part of the USMNT’s 5-1 victory over Uruguay on Nov. 18, 2025: Berhalter, Freeman, Freese, Morris and Trusty.
• Sebastian Berhalter and Aidan Morris start together in the midfield for the second time, with the first coming last November in the win against Uruguay.
• The youngest player in the Starting XI, 21-year-old Villareal defender Alex Freeman is making his 15th career appearance and 11th overall start.
• Weston McKennie is the only player that has competed in a match against Portugal, scoring his first international goal in his debut against the then reigning European champions in a 1-1 draw on November 14, 2017.
• McKennie has scored 12 international goals, three of those goals have been scored against FIFA top-10 ranked opponents (Belgium, Mexico and Portugal), the most of any player on the March roster.
• All 26 players on the roster have featured in a match for club or country at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
• The USA is 2W-2L-3D all-time against Portugal. The USMNT’s most recent victory came in the first match of their historic 2002 World Cup quarterfinal finish, a 3-2 victory in Suwon, Korea Republic.
• Teams are allowed 11 substitutions during three substitution moments for today’s match.
• Miles Robinson is nursing an injury and will not dress for today’s match.
• Johnny Cardoso departed from USMNT camp as an injury precaution.