Even with two wins to start the Concacaf Gold Cup, it appears the U.S. men's national team is in crisis.
Christian Pulisic, Antonee Robinson and Yunus Musah have already asked out of the Gold Cup. A trio of other potential or likely starters, Gio Reyna of Borussia Dortmund, and Weston McKennie and Timothy Weah of Juventus, didn't participate because of the Club World Cup. Then, both Monaco's Folarin Balogun and PSV's Sergiño Dest -- perhaps the two players with the highest ceiling-raising potential in the player pool -- aren't on the U.