--Guzan, Brooks, Bradley, Altidore & Dempsey = no-brainers.
--Beckerman in front of the Defense because he frees up Bradley to go full beast mode.
--Johnson at LB, paired with Diskerud at LW to create strong possession and defense and set Johnson up to overlap, which is what I think he does best for the US. Mix over Bedoya by a hair, in part bc Bedoya's coming back from injury.
--Yedlin in at RW because speed kills and he's been putting in fantastic crosses.
--Chandler at RB for lack of a better alternative. Hate how he spaces out periodically.
--Gonzales over Alvarez bc he's been playing well in MLS and I haven't given up on him. Yet. But I'm scared of having a leaky right side with this lineup. Beckerman will have to hedge that way. And I'm expecting Yedlin's runs to tamp down contributions from the opposing LB.
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John
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--Guzan, Brooks, Bradley, Altidore & Dempsey = no-brainers. --Beckerman in front of the Defense because he frees up Bradley to go full beast mode. --Johnson at LB, paired with Diskerud at LW to create strong possession and defense and set Johnson up to overlap, which is what I think he does best for the US. Mix over Bedoya by a hair, in part bc Bedoya's coming back from injury. --Yedlin in at RW because speed kills and he's been putting in fantastic crosses. --Chandler at RB for lack of a better alternative. Hate how he spaces out periodically. --Gonzales over Alvarez bc he's been playing well in MLS and I haven't given up on him. Yet. But I'm scared of having a leaky right side with this lineup. Beckerman will have to hedge that way. And I'm expecting Yedlin's runs to tamp down contributions from the opposing LB.