The U.S. national team depth chart is clearly in transition. It certainly is a tricky time to assign order as the value of "potential" is elevated slightly for the time being. On the other hand, U.S. coach Bob Bradley and the federation is gung-ho for the 2011 Gold Cup. The winner gets a coveted place in the 2013 Confederations Cup in Brazil. So the depth chart can't all be about potential with an eye toward qualification for and (fingers crossed) performance during the 2014 World Cup. A significant amount of "here and now" remains in the current calculus.With just one match remaining in a busy year, here's where things seem to stand in terms of how Bradley sees the squad:
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$#!* Bradley AND his son. These guys are clogging up the potential for success.
Michael Bradley is the best box-to-box midfielder we've got. He is and should be an automatic starter.
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