The new U.S. national team coach has a clear preference in style of play, and it showed in the selections of his first national team roster.
The traditional January camp for the U.S. national team has always been a showcase for those MLS players who are either already established national team figures or those who had recently played their way into consideration.
What hasn't been given much consideration over the years is how each coach's stylistic preferences influenced their selections.
This was always going to be a subject to consider with Gregg Berhalter's first foray into choosing a January camp squad.