USMNT adds Walker Zimmerman, Paxten Aaronson, Nathan Harriel to Gold Cup training camp
All of the adds are injury replacements. They arrive in place of defender DeJuan Jones (who has what US Soccer called a lower body injury), midfielder Sean Zawadzki (knee injury) and striker Folarin Balogun (ankle injury). All of the replacements appeared for the US at the 2024 Olympics, in which the team made a run to the quarter-finals.
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Zimmerman is no stranger to the full USMNT, having made the roster for the 2022 World Cup and earning praise for his late-game defensive heroics v Iran in the final game of the group stage. Zimmerman, 32, has had a solid season anchoring the Nashville SC backline in 2025. He won back-to-back Defender of the Year honors in MLS in 2020 and 2021.
Related: USMNT greats Donovan, Howard criticize absence of top players from Gold Cup
Aaronson, the younger brother of camp invitee Brenden Aaronson, just finished a season on loan with FC Utrecht of the Dutch Eredivisie. The midfielder scored eight goals and added four assists this season with Utrecht, and returns to the national team program having last played in the 2024 Olympics. He made his senior international debut in 2023, which remains his last cap for the US>
Harriel received his first senior national team call-up this past January having previously played for the program at multiple youth levels. A Philadelphia Union homegrown product, the outside back figures to provide depth at the position with Jones out.
The US plays Turkiye in East Hartford, Connecticut on 7 June at 3.30pm ET, then follows that up with a trip to Nashville to play Switzerland on 10 June at 8pm ET.
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