Sep. 11, 2023 19:58 PM EST

Jones Replaces Scally On Us Soccer Roster, Horvath To Start In Goal Vs Oman

FILE - Brenden Aaronson of the United States in action during the World Cup, group B soccer match between the United States and Wales at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022. Union Berlin is looking to a fresh-faced kid from Medford, New Jersey for experience as it embarks on its first-ever Champions League season. United States midfielder Brenden Aaronson will be one of the few players in Union’s squad to have played in Europe’s biggest and most important club competition when it begins in late September. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File) Francisco Seco, ASSOCIATED PRESS
FILE - Brenden Aaronson of the United States in action during the World Cup, group B soccer match between the United States and Wales at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022. Union Berlin is looking to a fresh-faced kid from Medford, New Jersey for experience as it embarks on its first-ever Champions League season. United States midfielder Brenden Aaronson will be one of the few players in Union’s squad to have played in Europe’s biggest and most important club competition when it begins in late September. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
Uzbekistan's Rustam Ashurmatov (5) and United States' Yunus Musah (6) battle for the ball during the second half of an international friendly soccer match Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — New England defender DeJuan Jones replaced Joe Scally on the United States roster for Tuesday night’s exhibition against Oman at St. Paul, Minnesota.

The U.S. Soccer Federation said Monday that Scally left the team for family reasons. Scally was an unused substitute in Saturday’s 3-0 win over Uzbekistan in a friendly.

Jones, 26, made his U.S. debut in January and has six international appearances.

The U.S. also will be without goalkeeper Matt Turner, who returned to Britain for the birth of a daughter. U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter said Ethan Horvath will be the starting keeper and Drake Callender will be the backup.

FEEDING PULISIC

Midfielder Yunus Musah, on joining AC Milan this year along with Christian Pulisic and helping the American star with the Italian language: "Sometimes he needs help with ordering food or, yeah, just checking on the group chat, like what the team manager is saying or something. And then I helped him out with that. And then, yeah, he’s keen to learn, as well, so I feel like he'll learn soon.”

WARMING UP

The gametime temperature is forecast to be about 58 degrees, up from 5 degrees for the February 2022 World Cup qualifier against Honduras. The U.S. won 3-0.

“We were walking back in and we were saying, `Oh, last time we were thinking about all the heat warmers we had in the hallway over there, all of these hand warmers and feet warmers,” midfielder Brenden Aaronson said.

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