The USMNT goalkeeper is leaving Europe and is back at his former club as he looks to rebuild his career ahead of the World Cup
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U.S. men's national team goalkeeper Matt Turner has returned to MLS and the New England Revolution on a one-year loan from Lyon, the MLS club confirmed on Friday.
Turner is back with the Revs on a loan through June 2026 that comes with an option to purchase. He'll be a Designated Player for the rest of the 2025 season and will be TAM-eligible for the 2026 campaign.
The goalkeeper, who has 52 senior caps with the USMNT, was previously with the Revs for seven seasons before departing the club in June 2022 to join Arsenal. Since, he's also featured for Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest before signing with Lyon this summer.
That move to the French side proved ill-fated, though, as a change in leadership reportedly led to the club attempting to back out of the deal. With that an impossibility, Lyon have instead loaned him to a familiar club, where Turner's long-term future could ultimately lie post-2026 World Cup.
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For Turner, this transfer window had one principal goal: to find somewhere to get consistent playing time. Since departing the Revs in 2022, minutes have largely been hard to come by, with the goalkeeper featuring just seven times for Arsenal in 2022-23, 20 times for Forest in 2023-24 and four times for Palace in '24-25.
That lack of playing time finally came back to bite Turner this summer, when he didn't feature at all throughout the USMNT's Gold Cup run, with NYCFC's Matt Freese starting the entire tournament.
Turner's lone start of the summer came against Switzerland in an awful USMNT defeat, pre-Gold Cup, and his subsequent time as a backup showed that the goalkeeper race was wide open ahead of the World Cup. This move to MLS, then, will presumably give Turner the minutes he needs as he pushes to get back into Mauricio Pochettino's plans.
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“It is a privilege to return to the club that launched my career," Turner said. "The club that helped me discover who I am as a professional, the club that has always felt like a home away from home. To have the chance to play in front of the Revolution supporters once again is a priceless feeling and one I’ve never taken for granted.
"My family and I have felt their unwavering support throughout these last three years, and I can’t wait to wear the Revolution crest again at Gillette Stadium. I am grateful for this opportunity to earn my place on the field and look forward to winning many more games with the Revolution.”
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Turner is set to begin training with the Revs next week and will address reporters on Monday. He will be eligible to play as soon as the club's next match, which comes on Aug. 9 against D.C. United at Gillette Stadium.
He joins a Revs team in need of help, too. The club currently sits 11th in the Eastern Conference, 10 points back of the ninth and final postseason spot.
