Taylor Twellman raises his concerns about the stability and longevity of Michael Bradley and Jermaine Jones in midfield. In the days after he replaced Jurgen Klinsmann as U.S. coach last November, Bruce Arena told anyone who would listen that with the U.S. already halfway through its quest to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, he was not planning on making wholesale personnel changes within the national team. This month's qualifiers against Honduras and Panama -- Arena's first competitive games at the helm since leading the program from 1998-2006 -- told a far different story. As much as injuries to surefire starters such as Fabian Johnson, Bobby Wood and DeAndre Yedlin forced the coach to turn to less experienced alternatives this month, the players he summoned and omitted -- both for his lineup and the larger roster -- in last week's 6-0 rout of the Catrachos and Tuesday's 1-1 tie in Panama City revealed plenty about what the pecking order looks like just over a year before the planet's grandest sporting event. No fewer than 10 players that were on our final Russia Board of the Jurgen Klinsmann era are no longer projected to make the final 23, assuming the Americans get there. ...

 

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