A stunner at goalkeeper and some surprises at forward headline the USMNT’s World Cup roster snubs
are now known at last. While they have plenty to celebrate from a personal and collective standpoint, that leaves a whole slew of players whose World Cup dreams have been deferred—either for good or for at least four years, when theWhittling down the player pool, as is the case for any national team, was always going to result in those getting the short end of the stick.
Steffen was widely expected to compete for the starting job at the World Cup. Instead, he’s been left out entirely.This is a bona fide shocker. Steffen has been the U.S.’s No. 1 goalkeeper throughout Berhalter’s tenure as manager, and he remained a fixture for the team even when he was hardly playing at Man City . His loan move to Boro has resulted in the playing time he wasn’t getting at City—not all of his 16 starts covered in glory, for what it’s worth—though he did miss the last two U.S.
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