If USA Soccer would stop being a shitshow the USMNT could be a fun team to watch over the next few World Cup cycles. Pulisic is obvious but there's also:
- Gio Reyna, 17, F/MF, just made his first start at Dortmund and already looks to be the next wunderkind.
- Chris Richards, 20, CB, debuted for Bayern Munich's top team this past Saturday.
- Weston McKinnie, 21, MF, fixture in the starting lineup for Schalke.
- Sergio Dest, 19, RB, killing it at Ajax and choosing between Bayern, Barcelona, and PSG as a transfer destination this summer.
There's also some of the other younger but more established guys like Tyler Adams, Jordan Morris, John Brooks, DeAndre Yedlin (though he is struggling badly), Timmy Weah, Zack Steffan, and Julian Green and a bunch of other names like Duane Holmes, Alfredo Morales, Antonee Robinson, and Ulysses Llanez who will likely soon be household names.
I think they screwed up the coaching hire with Berhalter and they continue to price out a large population of potential youth products with their outrageous academy and youth fee structures but there's definitely talent out there worth watching.