The US U20 Men’s National Team laid an egg of epic proportion on Saturday losing to 10 man Panama 1-0. On top of a mostly impotent attack, the central midfield looked entirely out of sorts that day, failing to connect the simplest of passes. They’ll have to pull a 180 today against Haiti (4:30 pm CT on UDN and Facebook Live), or they’ll almost assuredly be eliminated.
This isn’t to say there is a lack of talent at that age group. Schalke alone held back Weston McKennie and Nick Taitague as potential call ups, and there’s a host of other starlets in MLS preseason who weren’t chosen who seem like they might have helped on Saturday.