Get to Know the 2022 American World Cup Team

Age: 22

Hometown: Medford, New Jersey

Club team: Leeds United

Position: Midfielder

Fun fact: He is the second-most expensive American player of all time, with Leeds (in the Premier League) paying a reported $29.5 million earlier this year. His teammate, Christian Pulisic, is the most expensive: Pulisic had a $73 million move to Chelsea in 2019.

Instagram: @baaronson7

Age: 27

Hometown: Plano, Texas

Club team: Los Angeles FC

Position: Midfielder

Fun fact: He was born to a Japanese father and a Puerto Rican mother, making him eligible to play for Japan or the USMNT.

Instagram: @kellynacosta

Age: 23

Hometown: Wappingers Falls, New York

Club team: Leeds United

Position: Midfielder

Fun fact: He turned professional at age 16. His stepdad, Darryl, texts him at halftime at every single one of his games with his thoughts. According to a profile in The Athletic, "Tyler always reads those notes before going back out for the second half, Darryl said. On the rare occasions when Darryl doesn’t text — mostly when he’s watching in-stadium and cell reception is poor — Tyler can become visibly agitated."

Instagram: @tyler.adams

Age: 24

Hometown: Southend-on-Sea, England

Club team: Celtic

Position: Defender

Fun fact: His dad, Howard Carter, had a brief career in the NBA, before he moved to France and eventually ended up getting French citizenship to represent France in international competitions. His mom is from Essex, but met his dad in Greece, and he was raised in the UK and now plays in Scotland. However, he chose to represent the U.S. internationally.

Fun fact #2: He's the first player from a Scottish club named to a U.S. World Cup roster.

Instagram: @cameroncv1

Age: 24

Hometown: San Diego, California

Club team: Celta Vigo

Position: Midfielder

Fun fact: His parents are both scientists; his mom, Anne Bang, is the Director of Stem Cell Biology at the Conrad Prebys Center for Chemical Genomics, and his dad, Juan De La Torre, is a professor in the Department of Immunology and Microbiology at Scripps.

Instagram: @lucadelatorre_8

Age: 22

Hometown: Almere, Netherlands

Club team: Milan

Position: Forward

Fun fact: Like some of his teammates, he has a very multicultural background. He was born in the Netherlands to a Dutch mom and a Surinamese-American dad.

Fun fact #2: He is the first American to play in El Clásico (Barcelona vs. Real Madrid).

Instagram: @sgd_2

Age: 21

Hometown: Santa Marta, Colombia

Club team: FC Dallas

Position: Forward

Fun fact: He moved to Dallas when he was 10 years old, when his dad, David Ferreira, signed with FC Dallas—the team Jesús now plays for.

Fun fact #2: In his free time, Ferreira he raises horses, chickens, goats, and alpacas on his farm; he is an aspiring zoologist.

Instagram: @jesusf45

Age: 27

Hometown: Highlands Ranch, Colorado

Club team: Luton Town

Position: Goalkeeper

Fun fact: He's the first person from Colorado to be named to a USMNT World Cup roster. There have been three Colorado natives on the USWNT: Mallory Pugh, Lindsey Horan, and April Heinrichs.

Instagram: He's not on Instagram to our knowledge.

Age: 33

Hometown: Lilburn, Georgia

Club team: New York City FC

Position: Goalkeeper

Fun fact: His parents are both Jamaican, and he holds American and Jamaican citizenship. Johnson played college soccer—he attended the University of Central Florida, but left early to enter the 2010 draft.

Instagram: @seanjohngk

Age: 30

Hometown: Oak Hills, California

Club team: New York Red Bulls

Position: Defender

Fun fact: He's a dad! Aaron has a 2-year-old daughter, Kaia, with wife Elise.

Fun fact #2: He played four years of college soccer at UC Riverside.

Instagram: @aaronraylong

Age: 24

Hometown: Little Elm, Texas

Club team: Juventus

Position: Midfielder

Fun fact: He picked up the sport at age 6, when his father was served in the U.S. Army at Rammstein Air Base in Germany. When previous USMNT stars Landon Donovan and Carlos Bocanegra visited Rammstein Air Base, he realized he could play for the U.S. internationally.

Instagram: @west.mckennie

Age: 26

Hometown: Powder Springs, Georgia (born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida)

Club team: Nashville SC

Position: Defender

Fun fact: His parents, Wendell and Michelle Goddard-Moore, are from Trinidad and Tobago, and so Moore was eligible to play for the U.S. or the Caribbean nation. His dad, Wendell, played for the Trinidad national team, as did his uncle, Richard Goddard.

Instagram: @shaqmoore

Age: 28

Hometown: Mercer Island, Washington

Club team: Seattle Sounders

Position: Forward

Fun fact: He started a foundation, Jordan Morris Foundation, to support kids living with Type 1 Diabetes. Morris himself was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at age 9, and is one of few professional soccer players who have T1D. "I’m blessed to be given this platform. I would like to reach as many young people with diabetes as possible, in order to show them that T1D doesn’t have to keep them from achieving their dreams," he said.

Instagram: @j.morris13

Age: 19

Hometown: Bronx, New York, Castelfranco Veneto, Italy, and London, England

Club team: Valencia

Position: Midfielder

Fun fact: His birthday is on the day of USA’s final group stage match against Iran.

Fun fact #2: He was eligible to represent England, Ghana, Italy, and the United States. He was born in the Bronx to Ghanaian parents, grew up in Castelfranco Veneto, Italy, and moved to London, England at age 9, in 2012.

Instagram: @yunus.musah8

Age: 24

Hometown: Hershey, Pennsylvania

Club team: Chelsea

Position: Forward

Fun fact: He has 6.1 million followers on Instagram (as of this writing), making him far and away the most famous player on the USMNT World Cup squad.

Instagram: @cmpulisic

Age: 35

Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri

Club team: Fulham

Position: Defender

Fun fact: He his wife, Kristen Sapienza, met while they both played soccer at Saint Louis University. They have three kids, and they take very cute family photos.

Fun fact #2: At just 35 years old, he's the oldest player on the squad, and the eighth oldest player ever named to a USMNT World Cup roster.

Instagram: @tim.ream13

Age: 20

Hometown: Bedford, New York (born in Sunderland, England)

Club team: Borussia Dortmund

Position: Forward

Fun fact: He comes from a family of soccer stars. His dad, Claudio Reyna, earned 112 caps—international appearances—with the USMNT, and played in four different World Cups. Claudio was also captain of the USMNT at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups. He's considered one of the best USMNT players of all time. His mom, Danielle Egan, played for the USWNT, and won four national championships at the University of North Carolina with her teammate, Mia Hamm.

Instagram: @gioareyna

Age: 25

Hometown: Liverpool, England

Club team: Fulham

Position: Defender

Fun fact: He's a very big Star Wars fan, and his nickname is "Jedi." "I feel weird being called Antonee," he said. "I prefer being called Jedi."

Instagram: @antonee_jedi

Age: 27

Hometown: Pico Rivera, California

Club team: Seattle Sounders

Position: Midfielder

Fun fact: His dad is from Guatemala and his mom is from El Salvador. Both his brothers are also in the soccer world; his younger brother, Alex, is his teammate on the Seattle Sounders, and his older brother, Cesar, is the head athletic trainer for the LA Galaxy. Alex, however, chose to play for El Salvador, and is on the El Salvador national football team.

Instagram: @cristianroldan_

Age: 22

Hometown: O'Fallan, Missouri

Club team: Norwich City

Position: Forward

Fun fact: He joined Instagram ahead of the World Cup, with teammate Gio commenting on his first post, "He’s alive."

Fun fact #2: He's the youngest dad on the team; he has an 11-month-old, Romy, with his wife, Kristen Lepping.

Instagram: @_joshsargent_