Which European Stars Will the USMNT See in March?
Kevin de Bruyne part of Belgium’s roster to face the U.S. in Atlanta; Cristiano Ronaldo out for Portugal due to injury
U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Mauricio Pochettino announced his 27-player roster for two March matches in Atlanta, Ga. earlier this week. Now, we know which European stars the USMNT will face on the pitch at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
The USMNT’s World Cup-bound opponents, Belgium on March 28 and Portugal on March 31, announced their rosters for the upcoming matches. The roster for Portugal head coach Roberto Martínez includes PSG midfielder João Neves and AC Milan winger Rafael Leão. Kevin de Bruyne, formerly of 2022-23 Champions League winners Manchester City, and his current Napoli teammate Romelu Lukaku, the nation’s leading scorer, feature for Belgium head coach Rudi Garcia.
Notably absent for Portugal is Cristiano Ronaldo. The world-class striker and five-time Ballon d'Or award-winner will not make the trip due to a muscle injury.
Here are the full rosters for top-10 ranked Belgium and Portugal in March:
Portugal
- Diogo Costa (FC Porto)
- José Sá (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
- Rui Silva (Sporting CP)
- Matheus Nunes (Manchester City)
- Diogo Dalot (Manchester United)
- João Cancelo (FC Barcelona)
- Nuno Mendes (PSG)
- Gonçalo Inácio (Sporting CP)
- Renato Veiga (Villarreal)
- António Silva (SL Benfica)
- Tomás Araújo (SL Benfica)
- Rúben Neves (Al Hilal)
- Samú Costa (Mallorca)
- Mateus Fernandes (West Ham)
- João Neves (PSG)
- Vitinha (PSG)
- Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United)
- Rodrigo Mora (FC Porto)
- Ricardo Horta (SC Braga)
- Pedro Gonçalves (Sporting CP)
- João Félix (Al Nassr)
- Francisco Trincão (Sporting CP)
- Francisco Conceição (Juventus)
- Rafael Leão (AC Milan)
- Pedro Neto (Chelsea)
- Gonçalo Guedes (Real Sociedad)
- Gonçalo Ramos (PSG)
Belgium
- Senne Lammens (Manchester United)
- Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest)
- Maarten Vandevoordt (RB Leipzig)
- Timothy Castagne (Fulham)
- Zeno Debast (Sporting CP)
- Maxim de Cuyper (Brighton & Hove Albion)
- Koni de Winter (AC Milan)
- Brandon Mechele (Club Brugge)
- Thomas Meunier (Lille)
- Nathan Ngoy (Lille)
- Joaquin Seys (Club Brugge)
- Arthur Theate (Eintracht Frankfurt)
- Kevin de Bruyne (Napoli)
- Nathan de Cat (RSC Anderlecht)
- Amadou Onana (Aston Villa)
- Nicolas Raskin (Rangers)
- Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa)
- Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge)
- Axel Witsel (Girona)
- Charles de Ketelaere (Atalanta)
- Jeremy Doku (Manchester City)
- Mika Godts (Ajax)
- Romelu Lukaku (Napoli)
- Dodi Lukebakio (Benfica)
- Loïs Openda (Juventus)
- Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan)
- Lucas Stassin (AS Saint Étienne)
- Leandro Trossard (Arsenal)