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On a Young U.S. Team, DeAndre Yedlin's Experience vs. Mexico Is a Differentiator

Amid a sea of young, precocious players in U.S. men's national team camp, all of whom are preparing for what's traditionally among the most intense games the U.S. ever plays, DeAndre Yedlin stands out.

At 28, Yedlin is the elder statesman on this group of otherwise extremely green talents. Sean Johnson (32) and Sebastian Lletget (29) and Walker Zimmerman (28, but has Yedlin by a couple months) may be older, but no player in the current group has experienced the U.S.-Mexico rivalry quite like he has.

Yedlin has a camp-leading 69 caps, seven of which have come against Mexico.