For the first time since the U.S. men’s national team’s CONCACAF Nations League disappointment last March, Gio Reyna is back in the fold with a point to prove. Reyna was called into Mauricio Pochettino’s 25-player roster on Thursday ahead of upcoming home friendlies against Paraguay and Uruguay. The 22-year-old midfielder has been on loan this season with Bundesliga club Borussia Moenchengladbach, logging 131 minutes in five appearances.Although Reyna showed plenty of potential with Borussia Dortmund, the last two years have been rough for him. Reyna has scored one goal and added two assists in eight caps with the USMNT since the start of 2024, but has only cap under his belt this year.Reyna made 26 appearances for the Black and Yellow since the start of last season, despite logging only 627 minutes at club level. Multiple injuries paired with a lack of consistent playing time has hampered Reyna’s development overseas, which has carried over to the USMNT during Pochettino’s spell as head coach.With only seven months until the FIFA World Cup begins and only two international windows until Pochettino’s final roster is named for the summer competition, time is running out for Reyna to boost his stock. Pochettino hasn’t had tons of opportunities to work with the talented midfielder, but knows his potential and admitted the importance of Reyna’s latest chance this month. “He has enormous, enormous talent and it’s true that he’s not playing too much but I think it’s a good opportunity in November,” Pochettino said Thursday in a press conference about Reyna. “We need to understand that sometimes some players struggle to play but can be important for us. That is why. It is not contradictory, my message.”Reyna has scored eight goals in 32 caps to date for the USMNT and will be eager to add to those numbers starting with November 15th’s showdown against Paraguay in Pennsylvania.