2017 Gold Cup: An early USMNT roster forecast

John Hefti-USA TODAY SportsLet’s get one thing out of the way: there is an unrealistic amount of time between now and the Gold Cup to predict the roster Bruce Arena will bring to the tournament with any sort of accuracy. It will already be a weird one to predict anyway, this being the traditional “off-year” Gold Cup where many teams bring B or B+ teams to compete. At least, that was what happened in 2013 when the United States won with a team featuring Brek Shea, Stu Holden, Mix Diskerud, Eddie Johnson, Clarence Goodson, Joe Corona, Chris Wondolowski, and Landon Donovan. But in the midst of the Hex and with a partial berth to the 2021 Confederations Cup on the line, I wouldn’t put it past Arena to bring along a healthy group of 1st teamers in order to continue building continuity in the group and keep them fit throughout the summer.

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