Their 2026 World Cup
🧤 In goal
Goalkeeping data derived from the matches he started (real scores and team saves). Penalty shootouts do not count as goals conceded.
Match by match
M. Freese played 4 matches for United States, starting every one.
| Round | Match | His game |
|---|---|---|
| Group D | vs Paraguay 4-1 | Started, played the full match |
| Group D | vs Australia 2-0 | Started, played the full match |
| Round of 32 | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0 | Started, played the full match |
| Round of 16 | vs Belgium 1-4 | Started, played the full match |
Biography
Matthew Andrew Geary Freese (born September 2, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club New York City FC and the United States national team.
Youth career Born in Wayne, Pennsylvania, Freese went through the Philadelphia Union youth academy before appearing on the bench with Union reserve side, Bethlehem Steel, during the 2017 season. Not long after, Freese enrolled at Harvard, where his older brother Jack rowed heavyweight crew, and played college soccer for the Harvard Crimson. At Harvard, he found success against Ivy League opponents as a freshman and sophomore. In 2018, he led the Ivy League with an average of 6 saves per game.
Philadelphia Union On December 21, 2018, it was announced that Freese would leave Harvard early and join Major League Soccer club Philadelphia Union at the beginning of their 2019 season. Freese made his professional debut on April 19, 2019, coming on as a 54th-minute substitute for Andre Blake in a 3–0 home win against the Montreal Impact.
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Tournament data from API-Football. See more rankings on the World Cup data hub.
Photo: Bryan Berlin · Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)