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 two World Cup-bound opponents, Belgium on March 28 and Portugal on March 31, announced their rosters for the upcoming matches.
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.
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.
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)