[USA MEN] U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann took advantage of the Concacaf rule implemented for the 2013 Gold Cupthat allows teams to make up to four changes for the knockout stage of the competition. He brought in Omar Gonzalez, MattBesler and Eddie Johnson, who all started the last two qualifiers, as well as Alan Gordon, and dropped Cory Ashe, Herculez Gomez, Jack McInerney and OguchiOnyewu.

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