All 4 of the pre-cup friendlies...

by PMan , The Banks of the Spokane River, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 13:32 (14 days ago) @ HCE

are with teams we could see in the knockout stage. Really, a good job for once by US Soccer to get quality opponents that can help expose issues so those issues might get corrected in advance.

Beyond injuries still to come, I worry about getting a goalkeeper that will make that one important and necessary save when you need it, about having someone of Ream's age at CB, and picking the correct in-form guy at the 9.