Defender Antonee Robinson’s absence from the United States males’s nationwide staff’s roster for the upcoming Concacaf Gold Cup has been defined. Robinson underwent profitable “minor” surgical procedure on his proper knee, his membership staff, Fulham, announced Wednesday.
Robinson will instantly start rehab and is predicted to be able to return to the pitch by the beginning of the 2025-26 Premier League season, Fulham added in its assertion.
The 27-year-old has emerged as one among USMNT’s high gamers in recent times, changing into among the best American gamers in Europe after becoming a member of Fulham in 2020. That is why his exclusion from Mauricio Pochettino’s 27-player roster for the Gold Cup initially caught some off guard.
Antonee Robinson and Christian Pulisic are simply two of the USMNT mainstays who will not play within the Gold Cup after a grueling 2024-25 season with their European membership groups. (Photograph by Stephen Nadler/ISI Images/USSF/Getty Photos for USSF)
Nevertheless, it had been reported Robinson performed by means of a knee harm through the 2024-25 season. The severity of the harm was by no means disclosed, however he nonetheless performed in 38 complete matches, together with 36 of Fulham’s 38 Premier League fixtures. He logged over 3,200 complete minutes within the 2024-25 season for Fulham.
Regardless of the harm, Robinson was nonetheless extremely productive for Fulham this previous season. He dished out 10 assists in Premier League play, which was essentially the most of any defender.
Robinson was simply one among a handful of USMNT mainstays to not be included on the Gold Cup roster. Midfielders Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie, Gio Reyna and Yunus Musah, together with ahead Timothy Weah, had been among the many group of notable gamers to not be named to the 27-man roster as they every simply concluded their 2024-25 membership season.
“Many individuals can say it is actually vital for us to be all collectively for the final time earlier than the World Cup,” Pochettino mentioned when requested in regards to the determination to maintain Pulisic off the roster final week. “We determined the perfect for him, the perfect of the staff, the perfect for the nationwide staff is the choice that we made.
“Typically we give an excessive amount of significance understanding to be collectively and generally the group perhaps generally would not work on this means or construct on this means … I feel it is very important create this problem. I actually consider that to construct a staff is about staying collectively, to have time to work, sure, however I feel we can not underestimate the participant.”
The USMNT will convene for camp forward of the Gold Cup on Sunday, June 1. It will play in a pair of friendlies earlier than starting Group D play within the Gold Cup on Sunday, June 15.
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