What was a fulfilling 30 minutes turned into 60 minutes of dread. USMNT lost to Germany 3-1 Coach Gregg Berhalter’s side left on Saturday and will be in desperate need of redemption against Ghana on Tuesday.
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The good news: The Yankees’ best performance came at the start of the game, when they had a starting lineup of eight (or nine) likely players on the field if the World Cup started tomorrow.
Christian Pulisic scores the opening goal with a great strike from outside the penalty area. Timothy Weah was a frequent threat from the start, running down the right flank and getting in behind the German defence. Matt Turner looked like the undisputed No. 1 from every angle. 1 goal. Gio Reyna returned to the USMNT unscathed after a 45-minute battle.
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The not-so-good news: Everything else.
Tyler Adams is out After a setback in his recovery from a torn hamstring suffered in the spring. Yunus Musah and Weston McKennie were mistakenly cast as deep midfielders in Adams’ absence. Sergiño Dest had the worst outing on both sides of the ball.and turner had They do handstands just to keep their final score respectable.
With all this in mind, we hope Coach Berhalter doesn’t make too many changes to wrap up October’s internationals, but rather makes some tweaks.
What will the USMNT do against Ghana?
First of all, the USMNT will have even more possession against Ghana after Germany dominated 60 percent, reducing the US to a one-dimensional counterattack. This means the first item on our wish list: Reyna starts again, only this time as a wideout, allowing him to float freely in the middle. It’s great to see his creativity at the top of the midfield three, but with Reina in the middle, the USMNT gets overrun far too easily. Bonus problem: They don’t have a player who can reliably pass the ball from deep in midfield.
Please enter “Luca de la Torre”. Exit: Ware is the USMNT’s best counterattacking weapon at the moment, but he’s not really suited for Tuesday’s challenge.
Elsewhere in the top half, it is clear that Ricardo Pepi will continue to have many opportunities to perform and will be in line for the first or second place in the centre-forward pecking order. Heading into Copa America 2024, Berhalter wants multiple strikers to be comfortable playing with the rest of the starters, and Pepi’s hold-up play will be more useful than Folarin Balogun’s straight approach against Ghana. Dew.
On the backline, Joe Scully would be a more logical choice than Dest if he were to play on the right wing, as he would provide more defensive solidity behind Reyna. The 20-year-old right-back has had another productive season with Borussia Mönchengladbach this year, and while he hasn’t shown the same attacking improvement as Dest, he has been more consistent so far.
Ideally, Chris Richards and Myles Robinson will be the starting centre-back pairing this summer, so put them in front of Turner, with attacking left-back Dejuan Jones on the other side. .
Expected starting lineup for USMNT vs. Ghana
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Scully — Robinson — Richards — Jones
Musa — De La Torre — McKenney
Reina — Pepi — Pulisic
Don’t you agree? Good luck!