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New York Red Bulls Forward Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting
Selected to Cameroon National Team Roster for 2026 FIFA
World Cup Qualifiers
HARRISON, N.J. (August 29, 2025) – New York Red Bulls forward Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting has been selected to the Cameroon National Team roster for their upcoming September 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifying matches.
Choupo-Moting, 36, is in his first season with New York, where he has made 27 MLS appearances and has recorded 15 goals and three assists. His 15 MLS goals this season currently ranks tied for fifth in MLS and first among MLS newcomers. The forward has scored four multi-goal matches for New York this year. He became the first Red Bulls player with at least nine goals in their first 16 games with the club since Kenny Cooper in 2012.
Choupo-Moting and Cameroon will participate in two 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches during their September camp, which will run from September 1 to September 9. Cameroon will first take on Eswatini at Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium on September 4 and then they will head to Estadio Nactional de Cabo Verde to battle Cape Verde on September 9. Cameroon currently rank second place in Group D of AFC World Cup Qualifying with 12 points.
The forward has made 73 career appearances for the Cameroon National Team, where he has scored 20 goals and tallied four assists. He featured for Cameroon at the 2010, 2014, and 2022 FIFA World Cups. Choupo-Moting recorded his first career FIFA World Cup goal in a 3-3 draw against Serbia at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. He will be seeking his first appearance for Cameroon since September 12, 2023, in a 3-0 win over Burundi.
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