-the top cap holder is John Brooks with 38, Sergino Dest with 3 is the lowest with many capless going into today.
-average age of the starting lineup is 22 years, 48 days, the 4th youngest in program history.
-starters average 8 full caps.
- starters play in 7 different nations, Germany tops the list at 3 as USA has 1.
-this is the 3rd time ever there are players from the top 4 leagues in Europe starting for the USMNT.
-the 3 forwards are all getting their first starts, only one is no longer a teenager.
-Gio Reyna is to be the 3rd member of his family to play for the USA, Claudio his father had 112 games and his Long Islander mother Daniella, had 6, she is of course in the Long Island Soccer Player Hall of Fame.
-Steffen is the capt. for the third time.
-a pair of the 3 most senior players will be in the back line for the 5th time.
-as many as 9 may make their first appearances for the red white and blue.
-the US is 12-5-2 under Berhalter.
-all time the US is 1-0 facing Wales.
-overall on the continent facing European competition, the USMNT is 20-56-12.