The U.S. men's national team gathered at Nashville's Geodis Park on Monday to prepare for Ghana (Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. ET, TNT/Telemundo) — but also to process a masterclass.
United States' Sergino Dest, left, is pressured by Germany's Jonathan Tah as United States head coach Gregg Berhalter, right, looks on, during an international friendly soccer match at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, in East Hartford, Conn. The U.S. men’s national team gathered at Nashville’s Geodis Park on Monday to prepare for Ghana — but also to process a masterclass..
Take, for example, an unremarkable sequence in the 17th minute. Germany’s Jamal Musiala made an off-ball, in-to-out run toward the right wing; McKennie followed him, rupturing the U.S. shape, and vacating one of the most dangerous areas on a soccer field." at the top of the penalty area, were alarmingly vacant even when Germany established possession deep in the American half and the USMNT retreated.
“Germany, they had one weakness, I think: some pace in the back line. And we didn't exploit that enough with Balo,” Berhalter said.
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