USMNT and Gyasi Zardes: Not about the present

Gregg Berhalter has claimed that Gyasi Zardes is overlooked by supporters. However, many of the complaints regarding the USMNT striker’s usage is not about his present quality but his future outlook, especially when compared to Josh Sargent.

The U.S. Men’s National Team pool is not the most impressive in the world. Where France can leave players like Anthony Martial and Alexandre Lacazette out of their squad altogether and England struggle to fit Trent Alexander-Arnold and Marcus Rashford in their starting XI, the U.S. could only dream of such players.

Comparing the players at the disposal of the USMNT to European giants is obviously somewhat futile. The history of the sport in the two places…