Critiques of US Soccer’s hiring process are fair and will linger.
But even when they end, Gregg Berhalter’s heady challenge remains: how to rebuild the USMNT, both tactically and culturally?
A US team playing with most of its young core was hammered by England in London Thursday afternoon.
The game was a reminder that for all the generation’s young promise, the Americans are still far behind.
It was also another example of why a US program in transition must find stability sooner and not later.
Both the growth of the US player pool and its limitations were on display in the October friendlies.
We dive deeper into the pool as it stands and discuss the road forward.
The US again showed flashes of promise in its October friendlies against Colombia and Peru.
But the US have midfield questions to answer and will require more defensive consistency moving forward.
Our observations from the October friendlies.
Michael Bradley, with his 140 caps, 22 goals, eight years in Europe and multiple years as US Captain, may be booed upon his return to the US National Team tonight in Tampa.
Why his grace and legend deserve far better, and why those that scapegoat him for the US failure to qualify for the World Cup miss the mark.
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