In the last two World Cup cycles, the USA has never made as many lineup changes with qualifying still on the line as it did in the June window. Getting players to buy into the fact there would bewholesale changes between games was one of the keys to the 2-0 win over Trinidad & Tobago and 1-1 tie with Mexico that pulled the USA into third place in the Hexagonal.

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