My big question is where you want to play Pulisic. For the US he's seemed more effective as a winger than a 10 (not sure where he's playing for Milan), but I don't know who that leaves centrally.

He's mostly a winger for Milan, but sometimes a 10. It's almost a moot point because he loves to cut inside so much… he plays like more of an inverted winger. And that makes things tricky for USMNT. He and Dest like to do similar things in attack, but that means they often occupy the same spaces, which limits chance creation. Or more often, CP just stays wide to try and let Dest cook, but that limits CP's creativity.

I think that's why we've often seen Pulisic employed on the left… Antonee will overlap him when he cuts inside… meanwhile on the other side, Weah will do the overlap while Dest cuts inside.

As far as the 10, Tillman is turning into a fine 10 and Aaronson can do it too. Gio as well of course if he ever gets out of the doghouse, but that seems unlikely.

Also, if both are healthy, I think having just Flo and Pepi up top as a double 9 could be a nice idea too. Flo seems like more of a 9.5 to me anyways.

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Juventus v ACMilan

McKennie and Pulisic both starting.

1:45 CDT Paramount Plus

Pulisic had a penalty miss

Yeah. It was a crappy day for soccer.

Good thing yesterday was a great football day.

Christian Pulisic is September’s Serie A Player of the Month with three goals and two assists 🇺🇸🏆 pic.twitter.com/co7Wt7czy1

— B/R Football (@brfootball) October 9, 2025

USMNT eyeing rare Atlanta showcase vs. Portugal and Belgium ahead of World Cup

We definitely need to play against mid to upper level Euro teams before the WC.

oh no said:

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Like Turkey and Switzerland in June and S. Korea in September?

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Against Turkey and Switzerland, we played a different formation and mostly different lineups.

Against Turkey (starters against Turkey not in lineup against Ecuador)
* Cardoso, Luna, McGlynn, Freeman and Agyemang

Against Switzerland (starters against Switzerland not in lineup against Ecuador)
* Turner, Zimmerman, Harriel, Berhalter, Cardoso, Aaronson, Aaronson, Sullivan, White

oh no said:

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Like Turkey and Switzerland in June and S. Korea in September?

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before the WC means the lead-up to it

Cameron Carter-Vickers will miss ‘three to five months’ after suffering an Achilles injury in Celtic’s win on Thursday. #USMNT https://t.co/nXHJ7mtfUj

— SBI Soccer (@SBISoccer) October 24, 2025

That sucks. Our weakest position gets weaker.

THE USA'S OWN BRENDEN AARONSON STRIKES IN A FLASH FOR LEEDS. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/iMX5JoPLLq

— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) October 24, 2025

Christian Pulisic on his IG story. 📱 pic.twitter.com/XG2pMLlvEz

— USMNT Otaku 🇺🇸 (@USMNTOtaku) October 23, 2025

The end of an era: the #USMNT’s annual January camp is officially a thing of the past. ⁦@FOXSoccer⁩: https://t.co/VSoWW8S8x9

— Doug McIntyre (@ByDougMcIntyre) October 24, 2025

Forever? They shouldn't assume that the next coach is gonna be able to fill the MLS quota without this window.

But seriously, talk about a misleading headline. For those who haven't clicked yet, don't give those turds a view.

TLDR: They're moving the January "MLS" camp to December so it stays out of MLS club training windows. So the camp/concept still exists, it's just moving to a better time for MLS players.

https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/we-have-a-big-eye-on-america-david-wagner-sought-a-new-challenge-and-the-former-usmnt-defender-long-time-manager-has-been-energized-by-rb-leipzig-academy/blt0756f31cf642cb5e

TLDR: Red Bull is building an academy in New Jersey for RB New York, with the ultimate goal to get Americans to Leipzig.

I can respect the opinion that doesn't like global football entities like Red Bull, but like it or not, they exist and if more of them do this, then it's likely to be a good thing for US soccer.

deadbq03 said:

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https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/we-have-a-big-eye-on-america-david-wagner-sought-a-new-challenge-and-the-former-usmnt-defender-long-time-manager-has-been-energized-by-rb-leipzig-academy/blt0756f31cf642cb5e

TLDR: Red Bull is building an academy in New Jersey for RB New York, with the ultimate goal to get Americans to Leipzig.

I can respect the opinion that doesn't like global football entities like Red Bull, but like it or not, they exist and if more of them do this, then it's likely to be a good thing for US soccer.

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They are premier developers of talent. I love it.

Balogun just went top bins with the left foot in the UCL.

And Pepi got one off the bench to equalize the game late!

Interesting call up for this window:

Quote:

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GOALKEEPERS (4): Roman Celentano (FC Cincinnati; 0/0), Matt Freese (New York City FC; 11/0), Jonathan Klinsmann (Cesena/ITA; 0/0), Patrick Schulte (Columbus Crew; 3/0)

DEFENDERS (9): Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew; 14/1), Sergiño Dest (PSV Eindhoven/NED; 35/2), Alex Freeman (Orlando City; 11/0), Mark McKenzie (Toulouse FC/FRA; 24/0), Tim Ream (Charlotte FC; 78/1), Miles Robinson (FC Cincinnati; 37/3), Joe Scally (Borussia Mönchengladbach/GER; 21/0), John Tolkin (Holstein Kiel/GER; 4/0), Auston Trusty (Celtic/SCO; 4/0)

MIDFIELDERS (7): Tyler Adams (Bournemouth/ENG; 52/2), Sebastian Berhalter (Vancouver Whitecaps/CAN; 7/0), Aidan Morris (Middlesbrough/ENG; 11/0), Gio Reyna (Borussia Mönchengladbach/GER; 32/8), Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders; 41/0), Tanner Tessmann (Olympique Lyon/FRA; 10/0), Sean Zawadzki (Columbus Crew; 1/0)

FORWARDS (5): Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United/ENG; 54/9), Folarin Balogun (AS Monaco/FRA; 27/7), Diego Luna (Real Salt Lake; 16/3), Ricardo Pepi (PSV Eindhoven/NED; 33/13), Haji Wright (Coventry City/ENG; 19/7)

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Reyna, Scally and Trusty are back. Tolkien was included which is interesting as Turner not included.

November Call Ups

It's almost like they listen to the criticism and the voice of the fan is determining the team.

Little surprised Banks was not called in. With Pulisic, Tilman, Weah and McKennie all out, makes sense to bring in Reyna to provide backup to the #10 role. Luna is lumped in with forwards and Aaronson isn't a #10.

I think letting him stay at the club is a good call… this time. He got benched after an atrocious performance against Leipzig, but then did ok against Dortmund last week. I think it's in everyone's best interest to have him try to solidify his starting spot at the club.

But I hope that happens, and I hope we see him in the March camp, and all others afterwards. We desperately need more CB depth.

akm91 said:

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Little surprised Banks was not called in. With Pulisic, Tilman, Weah and McKennie all out, makes sense to bring in Reyna to provide backup to the #10 role. Luna is lumped in with forwards and Aaronson isn't a #10.

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Dude is 18. He didn't play in the last camp. I think keeping him at home isn't a bad choice.

There's a next gen of players that we're just not gonna see for the next 8-10 months because they're gonna be focused on the WC roster.

Banks could arguably be good enough to be useful now. Certainly as a 4th CB option.

He is defending against top Bundesliga clubs. Not doing particularly well at it yet but he started against Dortmund and their defense gave up a single goal (don't look at the Leipzig game, though).

As I said above, I agree this isn't the right window to bring him in, but if he's still a regular starter in the spring, he absolutely needs to be called in for the March window.

I can see that if he's getting regular minutes and playing well at that point. But a lot of the younger players probably just aren't ready at this point and that's totally ok.

That said, there's usually a young player or two on a WC roster that are going primarily just to get a taste of the competition for the future with no real plans to play them and he could totally fit into that slot.

Related, Cavan Sullivan gets the winner for the U17s in their first World Cup match vs Burkina Faso (though from the looks of this we got a bit lucky they didn't finish one of those chances). Next match tomorrow morning at 8:45 CST vs Tajikistan.

"DAVID DE GEA & TIM HOWARD MADE ME FALL IN LOVE WITH THE POSITION" 🧤

19-year-old Barcelona & USMNT Keeper Diego Kochen names his childhood heroes

Presented by @Allstate pic.twitter.com/gpToR4QqVB

— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) November 14, 2025

Christian Pulisic scores in the Derby della Madonnina once again. 🔴⚫️🇺🇸

[🎥: @CBSSportsGolazo]
pic.twitter.com/lVRknqLGQI

— USMNT Otaku 🇺🇸 (@USMNTOtaku) November 23, 2025

BREAKING: 27-year-old USMNT and Celtic defender Cameron Carter-Vickers will miss the rest of Celtic's season with a long-term achilles injury, confirmed coach Martin O'Neill.

His 2026 World Cup dreams with the USMNT are likely over 💔 pic.twitter.com/fX2iHBmkcS

— USMNT Only (@usmntonly) November 23, 2025