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Projecting the U.S. roster for October's decisive World Cup qualifiers

DeAndre Yedlin is back and Matt Miazga could be getting a call when Bruce Arena convenes his U.S. squad for October's vital World Cup qualifiers

No new faces. That was Bruce Arena's philosophy heading into September's World Cup qualifiers and he made it clear on Tuesday that he's standing by that approach as October's all-important qualifiers approach.

It is a philosophy that has to be maddening for U.S. fans who feel fresh blood is needed after the U.S. managed just one point from two September qualifiers. It's understandable to want things shaken up, especially given how much the Americans struggled against Costa Rica and Honduras last month, but it is also isn't reasonable to assume that a new face who hasn't been in a national team camp all year is going to show up and suddenly have chemistry within the group.