If you've been following along, in parts one-three we: Found the weaknesses, offered solutions to fix the weaknesses, and identified the strengths. Now we will apply a formation that best suits the United States.
First let's name the starting 11:
GK: Tim Howard
RB: Steve Cherundolo
RCB: Jay DeMerit
LCB: Oguchi Onyewu
LB: Carlos Bocanegra
CDM: Jermaine Jones
CM: Michael Bradley
CM: Maurice Edu
RW: Landon Donovan
CF: Clint Dempsey
ST: Jozy Altidore
Remember, I discussed the possibility of using the "unbalanced" formation in an earlier post. Several teams used unbalanced formations during the World Cup, including Brazil. So here is how it would look:
--------------------------Howard
Cherundolo-----DeMerit-----Onyewu-----Bocanegra
---------------------------Jones
--------------Edu----------------------Bradley
--------------Dempsey------------------------Donovan
----------------------------------Altidore
Awkward looking, I know. But it defends the left flank while providing proper compensation across the board. Check lists are parts one-three. This is temporary while Charlie Davies continues to recover in France. When he comes back, assuming he is as good as he was before, then obviously we switch back to the 4-4-2 that we used to beat Spain and there after. What say you?
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