This afternoon, the USMNT (Elo #32) will face Canada (Elo #29) within the USMNT’s first match since exiting Copa América, and the primary match since Gregg Berhalter departed as USMNT supervisor. On Monday, we printed a ballot to get readers’ picks for the beginning lineup. After receiving 559 responses, let’s take a look at the outcomes!
Right here’s the roster readers had been selecting from. Tim Weah is suspended for this sport after his crimson card vs Panama.
GOALKEEPERS (4): Ethan Horvath (Cardiff Metropolis), Diego Kochen (Barcelona Atletic), Patrick Schulte (Columbus Crew), Matt Turner (Crystal Palace)
DEFENDERS (8): Auston Trusty (Celtic FC), Marlon Fossey (Commonplace Liege), Kristoffer Lund (Palermo), Mark McKenzie (Tolouse), Tim Ream (Charlotte FC), Chris Richards (Crystal Palace), Joe Scally (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Caleb Wiley (Strasbourg)
MIDFIELDERS (6): Johnny Cardoso (Actual Betis), Luca de la Torre (Celta Vigo), Aidan Morris (Middlesbrough), Yunus Musah (AC Milan), Gio Reyna (Borussia Dortmund), Malik Tillman (PSV Eindhoven)
FORWARDS (6): Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United), Folarin Balogun (Monaco), Ricardo Pepi (PSV Eindhoven), Christian Pulisic (AC Milan), Josh Sargent (Norwich Metropolis), Haji Wright (Coventry Metropolis)
With these gamers obtainable, right here’s the lineup readers chosen. Gio Reyna’s damage information late this week had a big impact. The unique lineup would’ve had Gio Reyna instead of Josh Sargent, that means both Reyna or Malik Tillman would shift out large, most likely to proper wing, and Pulisic over to the left wing. With Reyna dropping out of rivalry, Sargent was the subsequent man up. The hole between Sargent (50.8%) and Haji Wright (42.6%) was solely 46 votes.
Now let’s take a look at the polling tendencies over time. Matt Turner sees a 34-point drop since Copa America, his lowest for the reason that USMNT was thumped 5-1 by Colombia in a pre-Copa pleasant. Nonetheless, not one of the challengers acquired sufficient to unseat him, with Columbus Crew’s Patrick Schulte being the closest.
This camp is exclusive in that a number of key gamers are lacking, so it provides insights to how readers fee a few of our depth choices. Chris Richards was far-and-away the primary alternative at center-back, whereas the second spot was very aggressive between Mark McKenzie, Auston Trusty, and veteran Tim Ream. With each first-choice fullbacks unavailable, Joe Scally was a near-unanimous choice, with a fairly shut alternative between Caleb Wiley and Kristoffer Lund at left again.
The entrance six additionally gave visibility into plenty of depth choices, with Weston McKennie, Tyler Adams, Tim Weah, and ultimately Gio Reyna all unavailable. Yunus Musah and Johnny Cardoso had been clear selections for the entrance three. Malik Tillman rounds out the midfield group. I’d hazard a guess that Tillman’s numbers would’ve been larger if Reyna was unavailable from the beginning of voting.
Christian Pulisic is locked-in for the entrance three, however the different selections are fairly open between Folarin Balogun, Josh Sargent, and Haji Wright. Wright appears a possible alternative, since somebody might want to play large reverse Pulisic, leaving Balogun the first-choice up entrance as a quantity 9.
What do you all suppose? How can we maintain bettering this format sooner or later?
What do you consider the outcomes? What lineup do you suppose we’ll see tonight? Which gamers are you enthusiastic about? Hit the feedback to debate.