It's an all North American-based player pool and Jozy Altidore is suspended so that limits things.
Rimando is an obvious choice. Garza, Orozco and Alvarado all know El Tri's players and Gonzalez is playing well for LA plus has big-game experience plus the obvious size that Mexico has no answer for.
Castillo is a wild card but I've long thought he was miscast at left back and should be given a shot at left mid, where his defensive shortcomings aren't as exposed. Additionally, with a short training week, his familiarity with Garza from their TJ days is a nice asset to use. Bradley and Diskerud are obvious choices for center mid while at RM there just aren't a lot of domestic choices, especially with Altidore's suspension forcing Zardes up top. So enter Corona, who has played 10 times for Tijuana this year.
Dempsey and Zardes are obvious choices at forward and I'm curious to see how the Mexican's deal with Zardes' athleticism.
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Brooke Tunstall
about 9 years
It's an all North American-based player pool and Jozy Altidore is suspended so that limits things. Rimando is an obvious choice. Garza, Orozco and Alvarado all know El Tri's players and Gonzalez is playing well for LA plus has big-game experience plus the obvious size that Mexico has no answer for. Castillo is a wild card but I've long thought he was miscast at left back and should be given a shot at left mid, where his defensive shortcomings aren't as exposed. Additionally, with a short training week, his familiarity with Garza from their TJ days is a nice asset to use. Bradley and Diskerud are obvious choices for center mid while at RM there just aren't a lot of domestic choices, especially with Altidore's suspension forcing Zardes up top. So enter Corona, who has played 10 times for Tijuana this year. Dempsey and Zardes are obvious choices at forward and I'm curious to see how the Mexican's deal with Zardes' athleticism.