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The U.S. men's national team has two games to prepare for the Gold Cup, the last set of competitive games before the 2026 World Cup comes to home soil.

However, Mauricio Pochettino doesn't have his best roster at his disposal. From the parallel Club World Cup to differing injuries and additional situations, key players not involved include Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie, Tim Weah, Antonee Robinson and Folarin Balogun.

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Pulisic wanted time off, Robinson and Sergino Dest are not fit enough and McKennie and Weah are among the players involved in the Club World Cup, also in the U.S.

In the squad are veterans Matt Turner, Tim Ream, Chris Richards and Tyler Adams, with Brian

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