This USMNT squad is a work in progress -- and it showed vs. Mexico

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- In the lead up to the United States vs. Mexico Friday night friendly at MetLife Stadium, the rhetoric from both sides was the same.

"I think right now, Mexico is slightly ahead of us, having beaten us in the last game and having performed well over the last few years," American coach Gregg Berhalter said.

"I think that as a general panorama, our players are competing in leagues that are better than the players in the United States national team and I also think that the Mexican league is above MLS, which means it's very probable that [Berhalter] is right and that from his position he sees the Mexican national team as a little bit better than the U.S. in a general…