Gio Reyna on USMNT March Nations League roster, but Tyler Adams out with hamstring injury
The United States men's national team will play the March CONCACAF Nations League matches without injured Leeds United midfielder Tyler Adams but with Borussia Dortmund winger Giovanni Reyna, along with 12 other players from European club rosters, U.S. Soccer said on Wednesday.
The matches at Grenada on March 24 and against El Salvador three days later at Orlando, Florida, are the first in the FIFA international window for the USMNT post-World Cup.
This will also be the first inclusion post-World Cup for Reyna, who was the subject of recent U.S. Soccer controversy between his parents, Danielle and Claudio Reyna, and out-of-contract coach Gregg Berhalter. Reyna was not included in the 24-player January camp roster.
Interim manager Anthony Hudson said the decision to include Reyna was a decision to «move forward.»
«It became a bit more complex in the months since the World Cup, but as far as we're concerned Gio is a part of our program,» Hudson said. «He's a good guy and a top talent, and he is evaluated like any other player. We made the roster decisions based on what gives the team the best opportunity to win these games, and we brought him in because we think he can help us do that.»
U.S. Soccer said on Monday that Berhalter can contend for the open USMNT coaching job after an investigation into allegations of domestic violence against him made by Reyna's parents.
The investigation also found a need for U.S. Soccer to «revisit U.S. Soccer's policies concerning appropriate parental conduct and communications.»
Adams picked up a hamstring injury, a USMNT spokesperson said. Adams played 90 minutes in Leeds' 2-2 draw last weekend against Brighton & Hove Albion, and the club confirmed the injury in a statement, saying: «The