The Starting XI

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Ben Raynak

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Most of the team is self-explanatory, but there are three positions to point out specifically. First - Jozy Altidore is just a better player than Hercules Gomez. Gomez might be a more complete forward, but when Altidore is on form he is pretty much unplayable - and guess what? He has scored 9 goals in 9 games for AZ this season; play the man. Second, Sacha Kljestan is far and away a better player than Jose Torres, or anyone else Klinsmann has been playing in the #10 role that he insists on using. Kljestan is more worldly, calmer on the ball and has had more club success than Jose Torres. Forget about bringing him back into the squad, bring him back into the starting XI. And finally, while Fabian Johnson is a great midfielder I think he plugs a bigger hole at left back. We need players like Jermaine Jones to add some steel to the central midfield, especially if Cherunolo is going to spend half his time going forward - a quality that we have to encourage.

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