If there’s one thing the September window showed, it’s that the U.S. men’s national team desperately needs a select few players to be healthy.
Shorn of the injured Yunus Musah, Antonee Robinson and Tim Weah, the USMNT struggled badly in its two friendlies. Clearly the team’s issues went deeper than that trio’s absence, but the Americans’ awful displays would’ve at least been lifted with their presence.
This weekend saw a number of Americans abroad find the net, but no development was more important than the return to the pitch of Musah, Robinson and Weah.
The USMNT seems to be getting healthy at the right time. Knock on wood.
Let’s get to the Five.