MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — Recovered from a torn ACL, Sergiño Dest is set to play with the U.S. national team for the first time in 1 1/2 years and says he's matured since his red card at Trinidad in November 2023.

Dest lost his composure by arguing in a needless dispute with a referee, getting a pair of yellow cards for dissent in a 30-second span during a CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal match.

“Obviously it was not good, but I learned from that,” Dest said Friday. “I know that you need to be conscious about your temper. Obviously you need to help the team and that’s not the way to help the team. So I’ve learned from that and I will make sure that these things won’t happen again.”

Dest served a one-game suspension and missed the semifinal against Jamaica. The outside back returned

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