Because the Gold Cup is a confederation championship, Arena has the right to summon any player he wishes. [U.S. coach’s bonus for winning women’s World Cup: $90K. As a result, Arena didn’t even bother naming most of them to the Gold Cup preliminary squad. Pulisic and the rest of Arena’s trusted corps will return for World Cup qualifiers Sept. 1-5. The Gold Cup player pool includes only four non-MLS figures who weren’t on the qualifying roster: defenders Matt Miazga and Eric Lichaj, and midfielders Joe Corona and Kenny Saief.

Source: Washington Post June 18, 2017 20:45 UTC