The Club Tijuana defender has gone from unlikely Copa America roster inclusion to potential key starter in the U.S. team's quarterfinal against Ecuador.
SEATTLE — Anyone who has watched Jefferson Montero play knows the speedy and shifty winger can be a handful for any right back, so having to face him without your starter at the right-back position is enough to give any coach and fan some anxiety.
Jurgen Klinsmann doesn't seem so troubled, and neither does the man most likely to be called on to take on the Ecuadorian left winger in place of suspended U.