The United States men’s national team roster for the 2026 FIFA World Cup was officially revealed at Pier 17 in Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon, and the 26 men representing the Stars and Stripes are set to show out on home soil next month.

However, there were some key absences from the roster, which created quite the buzz online after it was leaked over Memorial Day weekend.

For many, two key snubs for Mauricio Pochettino’s first World Cup roster were in the midfield, as Diego Luna and Tanner Tessman weren’t among the 26 men on the stage at Pier 17.

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Tessman did suffer a muscle strain earlier this month while playing for Lyon, his club in France, though it wasn’t expected to affect his ability to participate in the World Cup. Many believed the 24-year-old, who had played in the past six Team USA matches under Pochettino, had a great chance of making the squad as a defensive midfielder.

Instead, only Tyler Adams, who captained the USMNT in 2022 during the Qatar World Cup, is among the defensive midfielders on the roster.

Even more surprising, though, was Luna, the Real Salt Lake star who has shown greatness in terms of scoring on the international stage, while also providing a tough nature about his game that the World Cup calls for. In fact, Luna was viewed as a virtual lock considering Nike used him during promotional ads for the World Cup, though U.S. Soccer never signed off on who they would use.

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Luna is a fan favorite, but Pochettino went with other attacking midfielders in the end.

Others who were among those considered as a possibility of making the team but didn’t were midfielder Yunus Musah, who played in the 2022 World Cup for the U.S., as did striker Josh Sargent. Aidan Morris and 19-year-old Zavier Gozo were also left out.

But Pochettino was looking for the 26 right players, rather than the best ones, to represent the U.S. on home soil for the first time since 1994, and the first time in history that FIFA will have matches played in three different countries. Canada and Mexico will also host matches, as all of North America welcomes the best 48 teams in the world under a new format that includes an extra knockout round.

Finally, it’s worth noting that substitutions to rosters can be made by June 1, meaning they still have a chance of being changed before the first match against Paraguay at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on June 12.

Here is who will be playing for the USMNT in the 2026 FIFA World Cup:

GOALIES

STRIKERS

MIDFIELDERS

ATTACKING MIDFIELDER/WINGERS

DEFENDERS

This group will take on Paraguay on June 12, followed by matches against Australia (June 19 in Seattle) and Turkiye (June 25 in Los Angeles) for their Group D play.

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Frustrated Seattle residents living near the city’s troubled Aurora Avenue corridor are taking public safety into their own hands after a violent weekend shootout rattled neighborhoods already plagued by prostitution, trafficking and recurring gun violence.

Neighbors told Fox 13 Seattle they have started erecting makeshift barricades on residential streets after repeated pleas to city leaders and police for stronger enforcement allegedly went unanswered.

The growing outrage follows an early-morning shootout Saturday near Aurora Avenue North and North 98th Street, where Seattle Police responded after reports of more than 30 gunshots fired.

Surveillance video obtained by Fox 13 Seattle showed men ducking behind vehicles and exchanging gunfire in the street as bullets ripped through the neighborhood.

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Police later recovered roughly 40 shell casings scattered across both sides of Aurora Avenue. Nearby homes, buildings and vehicles were struck by gunfire, according to Fox 13.

“Who the heck are these guys, you know? Who think they can just shoot up the neighborhood,” Rudy Pantoja, who works for the owner of a nearby property damaged in the shooting, told Fox 13 Seattle. “It’s insane, it’s unacceptable and it’s wrong and the mayor needs to step up to the plate.”

Residents say the area has become increasingly dangerous in recent months, with many reporting near-nightly gunfire and criminal activity spilling from Aurora Avenue into surrounding neighborhoods.

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“My wife and I have been shocked,” one resident told the outlet. “We could’ve lost our son. Thank God he’s alright.”

Neighbors say prostitution and trafficking activity along Aurora Avenue are fueling much of the violence, with pimps and johns regularly circling residential blocks late into the night.

“We have nightly prostitution, we have the gun violence that is coming along with it,” another resident said.

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Anger toward city leadership has continued to grow, with several residents telling Fox 13 they feel abandoned by Seattle officials despite repeated complaints to the mayor’s office, city council and police department.

“What we’ve gotten is a lot of nothing,” one neighbor said. “It’s terrifying to live here, and it’s even more terrifying that the city is absolutely doing nothing to protect the citizens in this neighborhood.”

Some residents have since responded by installing homemade barriers intended to block traffic and discourage criminal activity from moving into neighborhood streets. After initial barricades were vandalized, neighbors rebuilt them with stronger reinforcements. Nearby, a handwritten chalk message reads: “No Gunfire.”

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“We’re just afraid that a neighbor is going to have to die before the city will do something,” another resident said.

Seattle-based conservative radio host and commentator Jason Rantz said the neighborhood response reflects broader frustration with city leadership and public safety policies.

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“It’s sad that things have gotten so bad that residents have to set up blockades,” Rantz told Fox News Digital. “It’s sadder that they will be coming down, courtesy of the city.”

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“The violence and sex trafficking on Aurora is not new,” he continued. “And the city has had well over a decade to attack the crisis, but they refuse. It’s too hard to them. They don’t have enough police, and there’s zero appetite to meaningfully punish criminals, still.”

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“This will continue to be a crisis and nothing will change until the city actually wants to change things,” Rantz added. “Or until voters finally remove the people who created this mess.”

Residents are also calling on officials to aggressively enforce Seattle’s “SOAP” ordinance, short for “Stay Out of Areas of Prostitution,” a law passed in 2024 intended to combat sex trafficking and related crime along the Aurora corridor.

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Fox News Digital reached out to the Seattle Police Department and Mayor Katherine Barrett Wilson’s office for comment.

In a statement previously provided to Fox 13 Seattle, the mayor’s office described the violence as “deeply unsettling” and said city officials recently met with concerned residents.

The city said Seattle Police would increase late-night and early-morning patrols in the area and deploy the department’s Gun Violence Reduction Unit along Aurora Avenue.

Officials added that “long-term public safety also means supporting community-led solutions, addressing chronic issues that contribute to violence, and making sure residents feel heard and supported.”