If there’s something that the USMNT needs, it’s a striker. This is an important position because it’s the one that is relied upon to score goals. Recently the position has been... lacking consistency for the Stars and Stripes. The trend over tournaments as of late and in World Cup qualification was that a promising player would emerge and not deliver for the national team - or - would deliver in spectacular fashion only to fall off abruptly.
In some ways this is a pitfall of having such a young team. The striker pool is clearly still developing, but a couple of them are starting to enter their prime years.