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USA vs. Ecuador, Copa America 2016: Tactical Breakdown and Analysis

The USMNT managed to get through a nervy finale to ensure a historic advancement to the Copa America semifinals for the first time ever.

Starting Systems

Jurgen Klinsmann finally made a change for the first time in this tournament with Matt Besler coming in for the suspended DeAndre Yedlin in the starting lineup. He also shuffled around some of the players in the team in the process with Jermaine Jones and Michael Bradley switching sides, as did Gyasi Zardes and Alejandro Bedoya, while Fabian Johnson moved to right-back to allow Besler to play at left-back.