United States national team head coach Gregg Berhalter. Mandatory Credit: Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports
The upcoming Gold Cup isn’t a very important one for the United States national team in terms of trying to get some hardware, but it can and should be an important one for evaluating talent for upcoming World Cup qualifiers in the fall.
And while United States national team head coach Gregg Berhalter will invariably say that the goal is to win the Gold Cup (and he isn’t wrong), what is more important is continuing the process. And part of that process is seeing who can and will factor into this fall’s rosters for World Cup qualifying.