USMNT head coach Gregg Berhalter wouldn’t be drawn on the provision of goalkeeper Matt Turner forward of his aspect’s essential final Copa America group recreation in opposition to Uruguay on Monday.
Turner had to get replaced at half-time of Thursday’s 2-1 defeat by Panama, after a heavy problem from Cesar Blackman noticed him handled on the pitch for a leg harm.
Berhalter mentioned the 30-year-old, who performed on till the break throughout which period Blackman equalised, has been in a position to participate in some elements of the crew’s preparations for Monday’s recreation in Kansas Metropolis, however wouldn’t say if he had achieved sufficient to show his full health.
“Matt did restricted coaching yesterday after which restricted coaching once more at the moment,” mentioned Berhalter. “We’ll proceed to watch him to see his standing.”
If Turner is unable to play Berhalter can flip to Cardiff Metropolis’s Ethan Horvath, who changed him for the second half on the Mercedez-Benz Stadium, or Toronto FC’s Sean Johnson.
The USMNT will even be with out midfielder Tim Weah, who’s suspended for 2 games after he was dismissed for hanging Panama’s Roderick Miller within the first half, and Berhalter mentioned the Juventus man is not going to be simple to switch.
“Timmy provides us a verticality and assists,” he added. “He’s harmful in entrance of purpose and defensively does a extremely good job so he’s tough to switch.
“However for us we now have a recreation plan that we need to execute and can put players on the sector we all know can do this. A part of it’s going to be that they should go and mover to proceed to open up area that shall be accessible and it is going to be actually vital we do this.”
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