World Cup 2022 - Qatar (with SR Pick'Em league)

Beast said
But there’s also the issue that this collection of players won’t play together as often as a club does. Just thinking if you applied a pre-Haaland Man City system to the USMNT, it might work really well, but they definitely don’t spend as much time together. So then having a clinical finisher / goal scorer (ie can be relied on regardless) would certainly work better in a national team setting. It’s just that we don’t have one and haven’t developed one for this generation yet.

this is true too (and while I was ok with leaving Pepe off this squad, i think he has the best chance to become our best 9 - but my fingers are crossing hard for Paxton A. as well)
BUT
at the same time, we can't put the 25th best player into the lineup just bc just because '9'

that was the Pels last year playing Devonte Graham last year - he was a liability everywhere and we just hhooooppppeeeeed he would hit the occasional 3 (luckily he's a bit better this year)