Max Arfsten
USA
FWD
Age
25
Appearances
0
Goals
0
About Max Arfsten
Max Arfsten is an attacking left-back in the USA's final 26-man squad for the 2026 World Cup, named in the squad roster confirmed on 26 May 2026. The full-back is 25 at kick-off and has 18 senior caps and one international goal for the hosts, a left-back who pushes forward to join the attack.
At club level Arfsten plays for Columbus Crew, where the 2025 regular season brought him four goals and eight assists from full-back. He featured in 16 of the USA's 18 matches across 2025, and is named among the squad's defenders for a home World Cup that opens in Group D against Paraguay at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on 12 June.
At club level Arfsten plays for Columbus Crew, where the 2025 regular season brought him four goals and eight assists from full-back. He featured in 16 of the USA's 18 matches across 2025, and is named among the squad's defenders for a home World Cup that opens in Group D against Paraguay at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on 12 June.
World Cup 2026 Stats
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Playing Style
Arfsten is an attacking left-back, a full-back whose game is built on getting forward and joining the attack rather than staying back. That getting-forward output from defence is the notable part of his game.
His 2025 club season at Columbus Crew was a productive one from full-back, and he played in 16 of the USA's 18 games across the year. He goes into a first senior World Cup on home soil as an attacking left-back for the hosts.
His 2025 club season at Columbus Crew was a productive one from full-back, and he played in 16 of the USA's 18 games across the year. He goes into a first senior World Cup on home soil as an attacking left-back for the hosts.
World Cup History
The 2026 World Cup is set to be Arfsten's first on the senior stage. His international career to date runs to 18 caps and one goal for the USA, built across 2025 rather than at a previous finals.
He goes into a home tournament with no senior World Cup minutes behind him, named in Mauricio Pochettino's final 26 as one of the defensive options. At 25, a World Cup on home soil is the biggest stage his USA career has reached, a year on from his first senior cap.
He goes into a home tournament with no senior World Cup minutes behind him, named in Mauricio Pochettino's final 26 as one of the defensive options. At 25, a World Cup on home soil is the biggest stage his USA career has reached, a year on from his first senior cap.
National Team
USA
Tier 3
£17m
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Goal Rush Impact
Arfsten's Goal Rush draw is creation from full-back: in the 2025 club season he provided eight assists to go with four goals from left-back, attacking supply from a defender. That output from the left is his pitch.
Worth £17m in Tier 3, the USA fall within the game's £200m card budget. A left-back who sets up and joins goals from the flank, Arfsten brings goals and assists from full-back at that mid-band cost.
Worth £17m in Tier 3, the USA fall within the game's £200m card budget. A left-back who sets up and joins goals from the flank, Arfsten brings goals and assists from full-back at that mid-band cost.
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Max Arfsten at the 2026 World Cup
Arfsten reaches his first senior World Cup at 25, an attacking left-back now with Columbus Crew. He is named in Mauricio Pochettino's final 26 for a tournament the USA is hosting on home soil this summer.
Picking USA in Goal Rush
On a £17m Tier 3 rating, the USA sit mid-card as their Group D campaign begins at home. Arfsten is named among the 26 as a left-back for the hosts.
Max Arfsten World Cup 2026 FAQs
Rated £17m in Tier 3, the USA sit mid-card; Arfsten, a confirmed left-back, has his appeal in attacking play down the flank rather than in pure defending for managers.
Arfsten is a defender for the USA, an attacking left-back. His game is built on getting forward down the flank and joining the attack rather than sitting deep in defence.
No. The 2026 World Cup is set to be Arfsten's first. His 18 caps and one goal for the USA have come outside the finals, and he is named in Mauricio Pochettino's final 26 for the home tournament.
Arfsten plays his club football for Columbus Crew. He is included in the USA's final 26 for the home World Cup as one of the defensive options in the squad.
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