Sergino Dest dominated out of ultimate USMNT World Cup qualifiers; George Bello added as alternative

Sergino Dest has been dominated out of the U.S. men’s national team‘s remaining three CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers, with left-back George Bello known as up in his place by head coach Gregg Berhalter on Friday.

Bello, 20, has made six appearances for america. After signing as a homegrown participant with Atlanta United in 2017, he joined Bundesliga membership Arminia Bielefeld on the finish of January, making 5 appearances to this point.

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The announcement comes after Barcelona confirmed that Dest had suffered a hamstring injury of their Europa League win over Galatasaray on Thursday.

“Glad for the win yesterday however actually disillusioned to come back off with a hamstring harm,” Dest tweeted Friday. “I will be working laborious to come back again as quickly as attainable.”

The U.S. are scheduled to tackle fierce rivals Mexico on the Estadio Azteca on March 24 earlier than internet hosting Panama (March 27) and touring to Costa Rica (March 30) to spherical out their Octagonal marketing campaign. After 11 of the 14 rounds of video games, the U.S. (21 factors) sits in second place within the standings, degree on factors with third-placed Mexico and 4 factors forward of fourth-placed Panama.

The highest three groups will qualify mechanically for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, with the fourth-placed workforce dealing with an intercontinental playoff.

Dest has been a mainstay of late for the U.S., beginning in six qualifiers throughout this cycle.

The harm additionally guidelines him out of Sunday’s Clasico matchup for Barcelona in opposition to fierce rivals Real Madrid (four p.m. ET; stream LIVE on ESPN+).