Gold Cup: The NT Positional Depth Chart

 

William Yarbrough and Ventura Alvarado (Photo: US Soccer)
William Yarbrough and Ventura Alvarado (Photo: US Soccer)

 

By: COLIN REESE

 

GOALKEEPER

     Starter: Brad Guzan

     Back-Up: William Yarbrough

     Third GK: Clint Irwin

 

RIGHT BACK

     Starter: DeAndre Yedlin

     Back-Up: Fabian Johnson

 

RIGHT CENTER BACK

     Starter: Ventura Alvarado

     Back-Up: Maurice Edu

 

LEFT CENTER BACK

     Starter: John Brooks

     Back-Up: Michael Orozco

 

LEFT BACK

     Starter: Greg Garza

     Back-Up: Brek Shea

 

DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER

     Starter: Geoff Cameron

     Back-Up: Jermaine Jones

 

CENTER MIDFIELDER

     Starter: Michael Bradley

     Back-Up: Dillon Powers

 

RIGHT ATTACKING MIDFIELDER

     Starter: Joe Corona

     Back-Up: Alejandro Bedoya

 

CENTRAL ATTACKING MIDFIELDER

     Starter: Benny Feilhaber

     Back-Up: Mix Diskerud

 

LEFT ATTACKING MIDFIELDER

     Starter: Clint Dempsey

     Back-Up: Kelyn Rowe

 

STRIKER

     Starter: Juan Agudelo

     Back-Up: Jozy Altidore

 

 

 

Looking at the First Team

 

Guzan in goal with Yedlin, Alvarado, Brooks, and Garza as the Back Four is a strong defense. American soccer fans can be proud and confident with this defense.

 

Cameron and Bradley as the defensive midfielders with Corona, Feilhaber, and Dempsey is a balanced and talented combination of defensive midfielders and attacking midfielders.

 

This midfield even has the all-important duo of a stay-at-home defensive midfielder with a box-to-box midfielder, and it has a true Number 10 flanked by technical and creative attacking midfielders with lots of freedom to float around.

 

Agudelo as a striker gives the United States a very talented striker that is creative, fast, tall, and strong, and he can score with both feet and his head. Agudelo also can create his own scoring chances and set up others to score.