Gregg Berhalter is into his second season as the U.S. Men’s National Team head coach. As his time at the Columbus Crew illustrated, — and his first year with the USMNT strongly hinted at — he is a tactically stringent and focused manager. He has a system that he believes in and he expects his players to execute particular roles that make up that system.
In Columbus, this was a 4-2-3-1 with two very advanced full-backs, a central midfielder that would often drop between the centre-halves, and a possession-based approach that would utilise the range of Wil Trapp in midfield to feed to the offensive full-backs.