Filed under: U.S. Men’s National Team
CHESTER, Pa. — U.S. national team coach Bob Bradley downplayed the five-midfielder, one-striker formation the team fielded on Saturday night against Poland, telling FanHouse that, “We get characterized often times as having always played 4-4-2, and that’s not true.”
It certainly was true during the World Cup, when Bradley put Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey on the flanks and paired Jozy Altidore with Robbie Findley (three games) or Herculez Gomez (one game). The criticism of that formation was that it likely failed to get the Americans’ best 11 on the field. The forwards struggled, while talented players like Benny Feilhaber, Stuart Holden and Maurice Edu saw limited minutes.
The argument for it, at the time, was that the team was used to it.
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