In Wednesday's World Preliminary Tournament against Honduras, U.S. international Matt Turner got his third start and kept a clean sheet.
Although he didn't have many chances to perform in this game, he contributed 88% of the pass success rate, 5 long passes and 4 successful passes.
Although City gates lost against Canada, they kept a clean sheet in both other games, bringing the number of clean sheets to 11 for the national team.
Arsenal have already reached an agreement with the New England Revolution to sign goalkeeper Turner, so what kind of player is he and why did the Gunners sign him?
The 27-year-old goalkeeper Matt Turner currently plays for the New England Revolution in the Major Leagues and has saved nine of his 20 career penalties, including two penalties from former Manchester United winger Nani.
That's his more prominent statistic, but I'm sure Arsenal and their data people will certainly find his strengths in other ways as well.
The U.S. goalkeeper will join in the summer window for a transfer fee said to be around £5 million, equivalent to twice his current value.
Turner will be Arsenal's No. 2 goalkeeper, behind Ramsdale, replacing Leno. There have been recent reports that arsenal will let the German goalkeeper go for just £5 million.
Turner hails from Parkridge, a small town of less than 9,000 people in New Jersey.
Prior to joining the New England Revolution, he played for college teams fairfield bucks and Jersey Fast. He joined the New England Revolution in 2016 but was subsequently loaned to the Richmond Players.
In short, his resume falls far short of the standards expected of Arsenal's signings.
Of course, that doesn't mean he's worthless, and the people who did that apparently didn't learn from the deal that brought in Ramsdale in the summer window.
Turner made 106 guesses for the New England Revolution, conceded 139 goals, kept 23 clean sheets and received five yellow cards.
He is also a national goalkeeper of the U.S. national team, made his debut nearly a year ago, and has now made 15 appearances.
He contributed 11 clean sheets in those matches, including 210 minutes against Mexico and two friendly matches against Canada against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
He zach Steffen competed for the position of the number one goalkeeper of the national team, but the latter was a more popular candidate when it came to health. However, Turner's performance in last year's Gold Cup has created more suspense in the selection of the main goalkeeper.
As a result of this transfer, the prospect of Turner competing for the national team's number one goalkeeper naturally raises some concerns. Once out of the Major League, he will go from being the main goalkeeper to being an Arsenal substitute, except for some cup competitions.
But the situation doesn't seem to have affected Steffen, who joined City in 2020 and has played just 540 minutes this season.
After a 1-0 win over El Salvador, U.S. coach Bohalter confirmed Turner's move to Arsenal.
"It's an interesting story," he said.
"His dedication, confidence and never give up attitude, it's a great story, Matt is a great guy, a great teammate. We are very fortunate to have him. ”
"Tonight is an example, he did everything he needed to do. He was calm in all situations and although there weren't too many tests in the game, he was there when we needed it and he looked like a player who was going to join Arsenal. ”
As can be seen from the teams he played for mentioned above, Turner's experience is a more inspirational story.
Six years ago he was not even considered enough to play in the Major Leagues, and now he is part of Arsenal, one of the Premier League giants.