With the announcement that the United States will take on Portugal in a friendly on November 14th in Faro, thoughts have started to shift from grief and outrage at the USMNT’s failure to qualify for the World Cup to debate on the direction the team should go moving forward. Who should the USMNT call up for this international window? Well, let’s start that debate.
First, we don’t know who is expected to be the interim head coach for this match. We also don’t know (but generally assume) that the USMNT will add a second friendly in Europe during the window against a team not participating in the UEFA World Cup playoffs.