Celtic defender withdraws from international duty with injury | OneFootball

Auston Trusty has been forced to withdraw from the USA Men’s National Team with a calf injury. The defender missed Celtic’s Glasgow Derby defeat to Rangers after picking up a calf knock in training.

In an update posted to Twitter on Tuesday evening, USMNT confirmed that Trusty had withdrawn from the squad due to injury. This means that the central defender will their CONCAF Nations League games.

Mauricio Pochettino will be targeting success in the early stages of his tenure as manager. Cameron Carter-Vickers will be involved in the games as he looks to bounce back from an uncharacteristically disappointing afternoon last weekend.

Trusty has made 34 appearances since signing for Celtic in a £4.5m deal from Sheffield United. The ex-Arsenal player has scored once and assisted once, forming a formidable partnership with Carter-Vickers under Brendan Rodgers.

The absence of Trusty from the first team, at the same time as Liam Scales, could offer Maik Nawrocki the opportunity for an extended run in the first team. The Polish central defender came into the team at the weekend and he was one of the few that played well in the game.