Injured Gio Reyna left out of USWNT's September friendlies - ESPN

The reconciliation between U.S. men's national team manager Gregg Berhalter and Gio Reyna will have to wait, as the Borussia Dortmund forward was left off the 24-player roster named for upcoming friendlies against Uzbekistan on Sept. 9 in St. Louis, and Oman in St. Paul, Minn. three days later.

Reyna, one of eight players to miss the upcoming matches due to illness or injury, is still in the process of returning to full fitness after sustaining a calf injury at the Concacaf Nations League final against Canada last June. He just returned to training with Dortmund last week.

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The player and manager haven't communicated since a feud involving Berhalter on one side, and Reyna and his parents, Claudio and Danielle on the other, spilled into public view eight months ago. It included the revelation by Berhalter that he nearly sent an unnamed player — later identified as Reyna — home from the World Cup.

In response, Danielle Reyna revealed to U.S. Soccer a 1992 domestic violence incident involving Berhalter and his wife Rosalind. U.S. Soccer allowed Gregg Berhalter's contract to expire while it investigated. The USSF was ultimately satisfied with the Berhalters' explanation of the incident and rehired Gregg Berhalter as manager last June. Anthony Hudson and later B.J. Callaghan managed the team on an interim basis prior to Berhalter's rehiring.

The roster still includes plenty of familiar names, including the AC Milan duo of Christian Pulisic and Yunus Musah, Arsenal forward Folarin Balogun, as well as Juventus midfielder Weston McKennie. Overall, the roster includes 12 players who helped the U.S. reach the round of 16 at the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 16 who were part of the