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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 3040191, member: 405"] It's really clear that we need to play a 4-2-3-1 or perhaps a 3-5-2 against the better teams, precisely to shore up the cover for the central defenders, and to have more bodies in the midfield. The US still needs to be a bit more defensive. Berhalter may like to play wide for attacking purposes, but if you can't play the ball from the back through the midfield and then get it out to the wings, then the formation obviously doesn't work. Too many of our young players just don't have the necessary on-ball skills to be in a 4-3-3, and we don't have the single midfield destroyer to play the 4-1-4-1. [/QUOTE]