The United States men’s national team’s 6-0 win over Honduras on Friday night was impressive for many reasons, one of which being the team did it without some key players who are injured, such as Fabian Johnson, Bobby Wood and DeAndre Yedlin.
Now, if the team wants to get three more points on Tuesday at Panama, it’s going to have to do it down more key players.
U.S. Soccer announced defender John Brooks, midfielder Sebastian Lletget, defender Michael Orozco and striker Jordan Morris have left camp. Lletget suffered a left foot injury on Friday, while Morris (right ankle) and Orozco (right knee) were already banged up entering Friday’s game. U.S. Soccer says Brooks was dealing with a sinus infection.
NEWS: @Xolos attacker @PaulArriola has been added to the #USMNT's WCQ roster ahead of Tuesday's match at Panama: https://t.co/EgQkxXuzVZ pic.twitter.com/HFHXatv8AI
— U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) March 25, 2017
Paul Arriola of club Tijuana has been added to the squad.
The loss of Brooks is the biggest concern. He was the most likely to have started on Tuesday, and now we likely see Tim Ream or Geoff Cameron start alongside Omar Gonzalez in central defense.
The U.S. plays Panama on Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET on beIN Sports, Telemundo and NBC Universo.
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