The United States has gotten to the 2021 Gold Cup final via a rather interesting path. This is not the high octane offensive minded first team but instead a much younger second/third choice lineup using a possession focus system.
A system that quite frankly in my opinion has been ineffective for a variety of reasons including injuries, roster selection and gameday tactics. The USMNT at its core should be a counter attacking team, that’s what the first choice team would be doing against World Cup level competition and while it’s nice to be able to maintain and lean on possession based build up some times, it’s not something the US can or should do ALL the time.