USMNT - ‘23 and beyond

Very risk adverse and mostly content to possess the ball.

With Panama playing 5 at the back, there should have been spaces in behind the wingbacks to counter/attack quickly, and I think we saw some of that with all the room Musah had over there early. But he’s not really who you’d want attacking in that situation. Weah at RB would have been better IMO.

And seems like while Panama was trying to clog the middle, we were as well, wirh Pulisic drifting inside often. And then we’re still lobbing balls into the box hoping something connects.

We really needed someone like Reyna (or even Pulisic) to just be willing to take them on and beat one or two defenders one on one to open things.
Felt very much like a Berhalter game.