After the uncertainty of the Klinsmann era, the sight of players being played in their best positions was a welcome one
With all the drama and (often unfortunate) symbolism of the regime change at the USMNT, coupled with the urgency with which the US needs to find results, the game against Serbia was freighted with way more sense of expectation than it could ever be reasonably expected to bear. And that’s before we even contemplate the rhetoric around national identity from Tim Howard, or the comments on American ideals from Michael Bradley.
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