Chris Richards

Being a USMNT fan usually involves seeing things that aren’t there, or at least things that could be there but aren’t yet. It’s usually what the team could develop into, or dreaming about flashes being carried over into a full 90 minutes…

Image: Getty ImagesYou know it’s over when your star midfielder is showing up courtside at Miami Heat games. Or the rumors of contract talks with the manager are heating up, while he tries to gain leverage by whispering about European club…

Walker ZimmermanImage: Eric Blum for DeadspinHas anyone done more to improve his stock with the United States men’s national team over the last 18 months than Walker Zimmerman? There’s no one clearly above him. The Nashville SC stalwart was…

Image: Getty ImagesPosition: MidfielderClub: Borussia DortmundLikely Role: Health concerns keep him from being an automatic starter…but he should be an automatic starter.Best Case: The training wheels come off, and Reyna is no longer…

Gregg BerhalterPhoto: Getty ImagesAll right, I’m gonna be Sammy Sunshine about the USMNT. It’s not easy, but there’s a lot of dark clouds after the team went 0-for-180 minutes in scoring goals, or looking like they could get a goal, or even…

Matt Turner was the lone bright spot for the YanksImage: Getty ImagesIt’s never a good sign when the biggest pro from the United States men’s national team’s Friday debacle full of cons — a 2-0 loss to Japan that doubles as the Yanks’…

Gregg BerhalterPhoto: Getty ImagesMark it down now. John Brooks, one of the two Americans in any severity of contention to claim one of the 26 United States men’s national team spots on the plane to Qatar, will be watching the games on a TV…

Christian PulisicImage: Getty ImagesStages of development aren’t linear, and not every stage as you move along the line are pleasant. As the USMNT has more and more players making their mark in the biggest leagues in the world, one stage…

Miles RobinsonPhoto: Getty ImagesThe conversation can’t be delayed. Procrastinating about specific personnel decisions that will expose Gregg Berhalter’s future at the helm of the United States men’s national team are now harmful to delay…

Who should make the cut? Oh, we have opinions.Image: Getty ImagesThe USMNT punched their ticket with a true let’s-not-fuck-this-up-royally performance in Costa Rica. So now the attention turns to who are the 23 souls that Gregg Berhalter…