Overview
- The 20-year-old goalkeeper is in the United States camp for the September FIFA friendlies and could make his senior debut against Peru in Orlando on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026.
- Kochen is a Barcelona academy product currently on loan at Danish club Lyngby, where he has started regularly this season and logged 810 minutes across nine Superliga matches before joining the US squad.
- Born in Miami to a Peruvian mother and a Venezuelan father, Kochen has publicly said he feels a deep personal connection to Peru and named lomo saltado as his favorite Peruvian dish.
- In interviews he described the match versus Peru as special because much of his family is Peruvian and because he expects to face high-level players from that country.
- The call-up fits a broader US approach of using friendly windows to evaluate young talent and a strong showing in Orlando could increase Kochen’s role in the national team program without immediately affecting his eligibility for other federations.