USMNT star Antonee Robinson to miss start of Premier League season, Fulham boss Marco Silva confirms

Fulham manager Marco Silva has confirmed that U.S. men's national team defender Antonee Robinson will not be ready for the start of the Premier League season.

"Jedi had the small surgery; it will take a little bit more time for him to be ready," he said Sunday. 

Robinson has not participated in Fulham's preseason after undergoing knee surgery in May. That surgery prevented him from featuring in the Gold Cup, with the defender also previously missing the CONCACAF Nations League matches in March due to injury issues.

Fulham are set to open their Premier League season this weekend against Brighton, and after Robinson sat out of this past weekend's 1-0 friendly win over Eintracht Frankfurt, Silva confirmed that the fullback was not yet ready to play.

Silva bemoaned Fulham's lack of new signings with the Premier League season less than a week away, a situation that further compounds the team's current injury woes.

“We expected much more activity from ourselves in terms of recruitment, players in," Silva said. "Unfortunately, they are not here. The worst thing we can have now is more injuries. 

Robinson was integral to Fulham's performance last season, contributing more assists than any other Premier League defender did during the most recent campaign. In addition, he captained Fulham 18 times as they finished with their record-high Premier League points tally.

The USMNT, meanwhile, has missed him for all of 2025 so far, with his absence surely felt during Nations League losses to Panama and Canada as well as the summer run, which included five Gold Cup wins sandwiched between losses to Turkey, Switzerland and Mexico.

After opening the season against Brighton, Fulham will then face Manchester United and Chelsea ahead of the international break. During that break in early September, the USMNT will host South Korea and Japan for a pair of friendlies.