***Official USMNT Thread***

Kaner04

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Werder Bremen lost today and are getting relegated out of the Bundesliga. Not an ideal situation for Josh Sargent unless Bremen decides to sell him to raise some money.
I read on Twitter that the contract extension he signed recently was to make sure he was transferred out if Bremen was relegated
 

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1-1 at half. The US has been pretty aggressive with their press and gotten a couple of turnovers off of it, one of them in the box. The Swiss have been pretty tame with their defensive pressure so they haven’t really challenged Yueill all that much. There won’t be much to learn about our backup D-mids if they pretty much let whoever is there have time on the ball.
 

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I assume Switz was playing lots of backups?

Not really. It looked like it was pretty close to their top shelf 11. The Euros start June 11 so I think a lot of European countries have their squads assembled in camp for their prep already.
 

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Not really. It looked like it was pretty close to their top shelf 11. The Euros start June 11 so I think a lot of European countries have their squads assembled in camp for their prep already.
Wow. I didn't get to play a whole lot of attention to the game today.

How many starters was the US short? I know Pulisic was out but don't know about others.
 

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Wow. I didn't get to play a whole lot of attention to the game today.

How many starters was the US short? I know Pulisic was out but don't know about others.

Tyler Adams has a back injury and was out so we got Yueill. Aaron Long blew up his achilles so Mark McKenzie paired with Brooks at CB. I think Chris Richards may have gotten that spot, but he’s dealing with some niggling injury. Aaronson got the start out wide in Pulisic’s typical spot.
 

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Tyler Adams has a back injury and was out so we got Yueill. Aaron Long blew up his achilles so Mark McKenzie paired with Brooks at CB. I think Chris Richards may have gotten that spot, but he’s dealing with some niggling injury. Aaronson got the start out wide in Pulisic’s typical spot.
Steffen also didn’t play but Horvath did pretty well. Yueill, Acosta, and Ream belong nowhere near the national team.
 

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I'm gathering it was fairly evenly matched as far as starters etc. Not a terrible result but I did see Switz missed a PK.

Hopefully US can do well with this group. I've just never been a fan of Berhalter thus the lack faith.
 

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The US left it late against Honduras on Thursday but got the goal to send them to the Nations League final against Mexico on Sunday night. The match is on CBS Sports Network or Paramount+ at 8 pm central. This will be a really good measuring stick match to see where this squad is in a match with full strength squads.
 
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The US left it late against Honduras on Thursday but got the goal to send them to the Nations League final against Mexico on Sunday night. The match is on CBS Sports Network or Paramount+ at 8 pm central. This will be a really good measuring stick match to see where this squad is in a match with full strength squads.
I think if Costa Rica has Keylor Navas they win that game in penalties.
 

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Tyler Adams is available for the final against Mexico. Berhalter has been coy about whether he’s ready to start or not, but Adams at the 6 from the start would be massive against El Tri.
 

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Well we played like crap and are tied at half. Pulisic non existent in the first half so hopefully he can pick it up and be the game changer.
 
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