ORLANDO -- It's a manager's lot in life to be second-guessed. Decisions get analyzed to the smallest of details. Mistakes get highlighted. That's especially true of international managers, with a country's armchair coaches never holding back.
Credit is due then to U.S. men's national team manager Gregg Berhalter. Over the last week he had some tricky choices to make, especially ahead of Sunday's World Cup qualifier against Panama. The U.S. was coming off an exhausting 0-0 draw with Mexico in the 7,200-foot altitude of Estadio Azteca. How much could the U.S. manager rely on the players that played the bulk of the minutes in Mexico City?