US World Cup goalie Matt Turner gets named to US Gold Cup roster

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Just four players who appeared for the U.S. at last year’s World Cup are on a largely junior varsity roster announced Monday for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, including just one regular starter: goalkeeper Matt Turner.

The 23-man roster selected by new interim coach B.J. Callaghan for the championship of the Confederation of North and Central America and the Caribbean has three others who saw limited World Cup time: forwards Jesús Ferreira and Jordan Morris, and right back DeAndre Yedlin. Three additional players were on the World Cup roster without getting into a match: goalkeeper Sean Johnson, defender Aaron Long and midfielder Cristian Roldan.

The Gold Cup roster totaled just 442 minutes in Qatar: 360 by Turner, 45 by Ferreira, 33 by Yedlin and 4 by Morris.

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Matt Turner of the United States makes the save during a USMNT training session at Dignity Health Sports Park on June 12, 2023 in Carson, California.  (John Dorton/USSF/Getty Images for USSF)

Five of the players are with the U.S. for this week’s CONCACAF Nations League matches: Turner and Johnson plus defender Miles Robinson, midfielder Alan Soñora and forward Alex Zendejas.

Turner was limited to five Europa League and two FA Cup matches in his first season with Arsenal, playing just once since Jan. 27.

Sixteen of the Gold Cup players are from Major League Soccer.

The U.S. also used a largely JV roster two years ago when it beat Mexico 1-0 in the Gold Cup final on Robinson’s extra-time goal. Robinson likely would have been a World Cup starter but tore his left Achilles in May 2022. Turner, selected top goalkeeper of the 2021