Matt Turner
#12 · Goalkeeper · age 31
Returned to MLS in 2025 after Nottingham Forest spell
90
WC26 rating
- Recent form
- 44
- Career peak
- 64
- League level
- 78
- Competition pedigree
- 71
- International pedigree
- 86
- Longevity
- 66
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Career by season
Source: sofascore · fetched 2026-05-29
Turner enters the tournament in a genuine competition with Matt Freese, whose 2025 Gold Cup heroics flipped the depth chart. The most likely outcome is Freese starting and Turner serving as the experienced backup, but if Freese wobbles in a group game, Turner’s 2022 World Cup minutes give Pochettino a clear fallback.
Strengths
- shot-stopping reflexes inside the six-yard box
- command of crosses
- calmness under pressure on big stages
- experience as a previous WC starter
Recent form
Reclaimed regular MLS starts at New England through 2025-26; Pochettino has rotated him with Freese.
Played lacrosse and basketball in high school and didn't take up goalkeeping seriously until his late teens.