Mike Ryan

He is shown at the very top levels in Europe for prolonged stretches when he is fit that he can be arguably the best player on the pitch consistently.

The match against Senegal was very promising.

He had Pulisic, he had his goal,

And it looks like Pochettino is going to get him in the best possible spot, which is have him in space and let him eat.

So what do you expect from Christian Pulisic?

And you feel pretty good.

Chill just went down my spine when you said Wando.

Yeah, there's a chance that Pochettino decides, no, we're just going to pack it in and be super defensive.

It's really hard to project.

But right now, best I can tell, these backs are getting involved in the attack way more than I'm used to seeing historically from the U.S.

national team.

And that's going to require a lot from these central defenders and tracking back.

And the team captain is 38 years old.

I don't know how much he plays.

I do have some thoughts on Tim Rehm actually being named captain.

But...

Typically, when that is the case, when you have these backs getting as involved in the attack, and Dest just scored, so he's certainly getting frisky near the box, you need a goalkeeper to kind of be that Tim Howard type of guy that can save you a game.

And historically, the U.S.

has always had a very solid goalkeeper.

This is the most unstable, uncertain goalkeeper situation that the U.S.