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They all prepared for a game that will begin to define their USMNT legacies, on Monday against Wales.They are, by many estimations, the eight best American players in men’s soccer. But they have never all been available simultaneously. “It almost feels like we haven't had this entire group of guys healthy at one time,” Pulisic said Wednesday, and he’s right. In fact, only once have any seven of the eight played in the same game.
Might it make sense to drop McKennie, who, for all his talent, is not the cleanest with the ball at his feet? The logical answer, then, jibes with the fact that, while both Reyna and McKennie are available, neither is likely to be 90-minutes fit for back-to-back games. Reyna, who spoke this week about"easing" himself back from recurring hamstring problems this season, has not yet played a full 90. McKennie is working his way back from abut a full 90 in the first of three games in nine days likely wouldn't be smart.
“Their style of play is very distinctive, we've watched a lot of video on them already,” Adams said of Wales. “A lot of times, when you play against teams that counter, people think that you need to give yourself more space, and drop off a little bit deeper to defend the spaces in behind. But for me, and especially the way we play at Leeds and here, we're very aggressive when we're attacking with the ball.
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