With just over a month before the United States men's national team resumes World Cup qualifying, the primary objective for Saturday's international friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina -- a 1-0 win in Carson, California -- was to keep the potential contributors for that window as sharp as possible.
The prospect of asking players like Walker Zimmerman, Ricardo Pepi, Kellyn Acosta or Matt Turner to step in to key matches at the end of January not having played in a meaningful game in more than two months is far from ideal.