Jurgen Klinsmann has constructed a defense that could develop into the best back line of his career with the U.S. national team.
PHILADELPHIA — It isn't often that a coach goes into a tournament with a first-choice back line that has never started a match together before. That was the case for Jurgen Klinsmann and the U.S. defense, which had played a total of 45 minutes together before the Copa America Centenario kicked off.
Early indications are that, despite those meager beginnings, Klinsmann just might have found a defense capable of not only helping the Americans make a deep run in this Copa America, but also a defense Klinsmann could ride all the way to the 2018 World Cup.