A national-team coach can never expect to have a true, 100 percent fit squad, but Gregg Berhalter has been dealt a tough hand this time around. With a spot in the 2024 Copa America on the line, the U.S. men's national team is missing several key players as they prepare to face Trinidad & Tobago across two legs over the coming days.
Tyler Adams is out, and will be for the foreseeable future, leaving a hole in the midfield. However, the bigger issue is the absence of both Christian Pulisic and Tim Weah, leaving the U.S. without both of the team's starting wingers.
It's a tough situation, missing two-thirds of the attack, but there are a number of routes Berhalter can go to replace them. Gio Reyna will almost certainly be key to that, but the question is where he'll be deployed on the field with Weah and Pulisic out.
With that said, GOAL how the U.S. should start when they face T&T for the first time in Austin on Thursday: