{"id":73929,"date":"2026-05-23T12:56:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T17:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/usmnt-world-cup-full-roster-alejandro-zendejas-is-in-tanner-tessmann-misses-out\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T12:56:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T17:56:40","slug":"usmnt-world-cup-full-roster-alejandro-zendejas-is-in-tanner-tessmann-misses-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/usmnt-world-cup-full-roster-alejandro-zendejas-is-in-tanner-tessmann-misses-out\/","title":{"rendered":"USMNT World Cup full roster: Alejandro Zendejas is in, Tanner Tessmann misses out"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Gio Reyna, Sebastian Berhalter are included<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Diego Luna is omitted despite strong form<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Club Am\u00e9rica winger Alejandro Zendejas is on the United States\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/may\/12\/usmnt-world-cup-squad-prediction-how-mauricio-pochettinos-call-ups-determine-the-26\">26-man roster<\/a> for this summer\u2019s World Cup, while Lyon defensive midfielder Tanner Tessmann is not included. The selections are the most notable new information gleaned from head coach Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s full World Cup roster, which was obtained by the Guardian and is authentic according to multiple sources with knowledge of Pochettino\u2019s selections.<\/p>\n<p>The roster confirms Zendejas\u2019s selection and Tessmann\u2019s omission, along with the inclusion of Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach\u2019s Gio Reyna and the omission of Real Salt Lake\u2019s Diego Luna, both attacking midfielders, choices that were first reported by the Athletic. US Soccer declined to comment on the roster, which will be officially announced Tuesday at a nationally televised event in New York City.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/may\/23\/usmnt-world-cup-roster-alejandro-zendejas-tanner-tessmann-gio-reyna-diego-luna\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gio Reyna, Sebastian Berhalter are included Diego Luna is omitted despite strong form Club Am\u00e9rica winger Alejandro Zendejas is on the United States\u2019 26-man roster for this summer\u2019s World Cup, while Lyon defensive midfielder Tanner Tessmann is not included. The selections are the most notable new information gleaned from head coach Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s full World &#8230; <a title=\"USMNT World Cup full roster: Alejandro Zendejas is in, Tanner Tessmann misses out\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/usmnt-world-cup-full-roster-alejandro-zendejas-is-in-tanner-tessmann-misses-out\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about USMNT World Cup full roster: Alejandro Zendejas is in, Tanner Tessmann misses out\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73929\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}