With Bruce Arena in charge the United States returns to a diamond, with Christian Pulisic as the 10. His forward options are Clint Dempsey and Jozy Altidore. Dempsey has not repped the US since the loss to Colombia in Copa America on June 25. He returns to tread on Honduras in what is a near must-win game for the Americans.
Dempsey’s heart issue is fully and clearly behind him.
The rest of the diamond puts Darlington Nagbe and Sebestian Lletget as the shuttlers with Michael Bradley as the defensive mid.