Predictably, the latest U.S. Men’s National Team roster announcement has caused quite the stir. It was always going to. It always does, almost no matter the decisions that are — and, perhaps more crucially, are not — made.
Head coach Gregg Berhalter is nearing the end of his first year in charge. After the first six months of his tenure focused on the summer’s Gold Cup, where his USMNT reached the final but ultimately fell to Mexico, who are the unquestioned class of the CONCACAF region, Berhalter and his staff can now turn their gaze towards the next cycle, which leads up to qualification for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.