Goalkeeper Matt Turner of the United States men’s national team is considered day-to-day and took part in limited training on Saturday, according to a U.S. Spokesman for soccer, prior to the team’s pivotal Copa América 2024 group-stage matchup with Uruguay.
On Monday in Kansas City, the USMNT takes on Uruguay, aware that even a win would prevent the Americans from moving on to the next round of competition at home.
USMNT midfielder Tyler Adams told reporters on Saturday, “Obviously, a win puts us in the best circumstances to go into the next round, but we’re all confident.” “We have 11 players on the field that can go toe to toe with anybody.” The USMNT found itself in this situation on Thursday in Atlanta after losing 2-1 to Panama.
The Americans scored the first goal a few minutes later, but they soon gave up an equalizer before losing the game-winning goal in the closing minutes. Forward Tim Weah was sent off eighteen minutes into the game for jabbing an opponent in the back of the head away from the ball.
It’s unknown if Turner will play on Monday after suffering a leg injury in the first few minutes of the game and being replaced by Ethan Horvath at halftime. Turner had an MRI on Friday, and according to Jenny Taft of Fox Soccer, he had “good results.” Weah is not allowed to play in the pivotal Copa América encounter against Uruguay. Weah began the team’s first two Copa América games.
With six points from two games, Uruguay is leading Group C. The United States is in second place with three points, one point ahead of Panama on goal differential. Any outcome against Uruguay on Monday would still send the Americans to the knockout stage; however, a loss or draw would force Bolívia, the bottom-ranked South American club that just suffered a 5-0 loss to Uruguay, to obtain a point.
Even a win for the US might see them eliminated from Copa América in the group stage if Panama wins against Bolivia and makes up the goal differential, which is now +2 in favor of the USMNT.
