Tactical adjustments and pure motivation the keys to a comfortable U.S. win.
Jurgen Klinsmann named an unchanged lineup to the team that lost to Colombia, but made a couple of tweaks to the strategy from the start. DeAndre Yedlin and Fabian Johnson had more attacking responsibilities on the flanks to provide more width for offensive plays. Jermaine Jones and Alejandro Bedoya's roles were also different with them expected to balance their duties between dropping deeper to cover the spaces left behind by the overlapping fullbacks in an attempt to cede possession and play through counters by attacking the spaces that the opponents create by pushing men forward when in possession.