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Official US Soccer / World Cup '26 Thread (USA vs. Mexico 3/24 in Dallas)

ChrisL68 said:
Group A
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United States
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Tunisia
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Ukraine*
Avg. Ranking 1534
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inject that into my veins
 
I'd take this

Group H
Portugal
United States
Tunisia
Saudi Arabia
Avg. Ranking 1560
 
Screamindemon3 said:
Aaronson
Adams
McKennie
Musah
Pulisic
Reyna
Weah

Assuming we play a back 4, that only leaves 6 spots on the field. Even before we get into the argument for who is the 9, which of the players above do you leave out? And if you are playing a true #9 not in this list, which two are you leaving out?
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There's no reason to think Berhalter will play anything other than a 4-3-3 with a midfield 3 of McKennie, Adams and Musah. Pulisic is set on the left of the front 3 which means one of Reyna, Aaronson, and Weah starts on the right. Unless one of them is moved to the 9 spot, which I think is unlikely, figure Aaronson and Weah are coming off the bench.

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Dest--WZ--MR----A. Rob
McKennie- Adams- Musah
--Reyna --- 9 --- Pulisic--
 
I thought this one would be fun.

Group B
Argentina
Germany
Senegal
Canada
Avg. Ranking 1618
 
Would anyone watch this group?

Group A
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Switzerland
Morocco
New Zealand*
Avg. Ranking 1461
 
Why wouldn't Chris Richards get looks at CB in the World Cup? He's younger and stacks up nicely on the CB template in a tougher league than Zimmerman:

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I don't watch much of either of their play in domestic leagues, and I like what I've seen from Zimmerman too, but the data don't lie.
 
Zimmermans main knock has always been his distribution. I think there's an argument there, but I don't think you're benching Zimmerman either.
 
TownieDeac said:
Why wouldn't Chris Richards get looks at CB in the World Cup? He's younger and stacks up nicely on the CB template in a tougher league than Zimmerman:

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I don't watch much of either of their play in domestic leagues, and I like what I've seen from Zimmerman too, but the data don't lie.
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Richards/Brooks would be the "everything is ideal, everyone is playing well and regularly for their clubs. and GGG doesn't hate anyone" partnership for me. Sadly, that injury Richards suffered was bad, hopefully he comes back well and is back to 100% by November, but TBD.

I want the Brooks thing resolved, it hurts the USMNT to not even have him in the mix. But GGG is an enigma.
 
My final guess....

Spain (1709)
USA (1633)
Iran (1564)
Ecuador (1452)
AVG: (1612)
 
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