{"id":27839,"date":"2025-08-24T17:14:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T21:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/muller-filters-blackmons-call-up-to-the-usmnt-surprise-in-the-selection\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T17:14:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T21:14:59","slug":"muller-filters-blackmons-call-up-to-the-usmnt-surprise-in-the-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/muller-filters-blackmons-call-up-to-the-usmnt-surprise-in-the-selection\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00fcller filters Blackmon&#8217;s call-up to the USMNT: Surprise in the selection?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Thomas M\u00fcller Reveals a Secret About the United States Selection<\/h2>\n\nThe renowned German footballer Thomas M\u00fcller may have hinted at a surprise regarding the call-up for the United States National Team (USMNT).\n\nAfter scoring his first goal with the Vancouver Whitecaps in the 3-2 victory over St. Louis City, M\u00fcller revealed that his teammate, Tristan Blackmon, will be called up for the upcoming USMNT friendlies.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>&#8220;During the international break, we will miss some players. Tristan is nominated for the United States,&#8221; M\u00fcller stated.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Thomas M\u00fcller<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe former Bayern Munich midfielder quickly realized that the list had not yet been officially published. &#8220;If he plays well today&#8230; Ah, the match has already been played. In the end, it is what it is, I heard what I heard&#8230; congratulations to Tristan and congratulations to the United States,&#8221; he added.\n\nBlackmon, 28, was part of the preliminary list for the Gold Cup, but was not included in the final team.\n\nThe USMNT will face South Korea on September 6 in Harrison, New Jersey, and then Japan on September 9 in Columbus, Ohio.\n\nIn May, it was reported that Canada&#8217;s national team coach, Jesse Marsch, has also held talks with Blackmon about the possibility of him playing for Canada.\n\nAlthough Blackmon was born and raised in Las Vegas, it has been mentioned that, if he decides to play for Canada, the Canadian Soccer Association is prepared to expedite his Canadian passport application.\n\nBlackmon has been a key piece in the Whitecaps&#8217; defense for the last four seasons. In addition, he helped lead the team to the final of this year&#8217;s Concacaf Champions Cup and to the current third place in the MLS Western Conference.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas M\u00fcller Reveals a Secret About the United States Selection The renowned German footballer Thomas M\u00fcller may have hinted at a surprise regarding the call-up for the United States National Team (USMNT). After scoring his first goal with the Vancouver Whitecaps in the 3-2 victory over St. Louis City, M\u00fcller revealed that his teammate, Tristan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2822,2420,2075,2945],"class_list":{"0":"post-27839","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-friendlies","9":"tag-tristan-blackmon","10":"tag-usmnt","11":"tag-vancouver"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}