The Panama national team It is marked in red November 12 and 15 as the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Nations League will be played against Curacao.
For these matches, a call of the most common players of the team is expected. Thomas Christiansen, However, one of those names is not having the best moment in his club.
Carlos Harvey, of Minnesota United, has been living in ostracism in Major League Soccer (MLS) After seeing his role practically as a starter last season, he has gone from being a bench player. Something unusual for him since his arrival to the American team in 2024.
Under the tutelage of Minnesota’s New Zealand coach, Cameron Knowles, Harvey has seen his minutes drastically reduced, to the point of not being called up for several games. A week ago, in the game against the visiting Colorado Rapids, the Panamanian was not part of the squad nor for the duel against St. Louis at home.
The situation intensifies as Minnesota United is out of positions. play-off. They barely have 35 points in 31 games and occupy position 13 of 15 teams in the Western Conference. If we go to the general table, they are the sixth worst team in the entire competition. This is in comparison to last year when they qualified for the next stage.
Looking at these numbers, it seems very difficult for Harvey to get into the headlines when there are only three games left to complete this first stage of the MLS.
Regarding Harvey’s numbers this 2026 with Minnesota United, The 26-year-old Panamanian midfielder has barely accumulated 368 minutes in just 13 games in the MLS.
If we add all the competencies, He barely reaches 728 minutes in 18 games. Very poor numbers when in 2025 he accumulated a total of 1,521 minutes in 25 duelsthis only in the first phase of the league championship.
This lack of minutes in the first team, Harvey has had to compensate with the Minnesota reserve team. On May 24, prior to the 2026 World Cup, the Panamanian was demoted to the second team and played against Colorado Rapids 2. However, this was because the player was coming back from an injury and it was expected that he would have some experience before settling back in with the senior team.
What is even more striking about this is that Harvey is a versatile player. His usual position is midfielder, but he has been seen playing as a center back in a line of three and even as a right back in a line of four defenders.
His previous coach at Minnesota, Eric Ramsey, knew how to exploit the best version of Harvey by alternating him in these three positions. Some time later, Thomas Christiansen himself trusted Harvey to be a defender, but in recent duels he has been seen more in the midfield.
The big question now, two weeks before the games against Curacao, is whether Harvey will arrive with a good competitive pace. The player is one of Christiansen’s trusted men and we have seen that before, especially in the 2026 World Cup when he saw all three games as a starter, accumulating 268 against Ghana, Croatia and England.
