Goalkeeper Matt Turner will likely be transferring from Major League Soccer’s New England to Arsenal, in response to US coach Gregg Berhalter.
The 27-year-old acquired the shutout for the United States on Thursday evening in a 1-0 win over El Salvador in a World Cup qualifier. He probably will stick with New England for the primary a part of the 2022 MLS season, then transfer through the summer season switch window forward of the Gunners’ 2022-23 season.
Turner was not known as on to make a single save towards El Salvador, his 14th worldwide look.
“Undrafted out of college and now he’s playing with the national team and he’s headed to Arsenal. It’s just an amazing, amazing story, and it’s all down to him and his work ethic and his belief in himself and his never-give-up attitude,” Berhalter mentioned.
“He was calm in all situations, wasn’t tested much but was there when we needed him. And he looked like a player that’s going to Arsenal, for sure.” Turner was at first a basketball and baseball participant at Saint Joseph Regional High School in Montvale, New Jersey, and began with soccer to remain in form through the offseason.
The 6-foot-3 Turner performed faculty soccer at Fairfield from 2012-15 and was ignored within the 2016 MLS draft. He signed with the Revolution in March 2016 and was loaned to the third tier Richmond Kickers, who moved as much as the second tier in 2017.
He made his MLS debut in 2018 and his US nationwide staff debut in January 2021, then grew to become a shock starter within the Americans’ first 5 World Cup qualifiers after Zack Steffen developed a again damage. Steffen began three qualifiers in October and November, then was sidelined by a reoccurrance of the again subject.
