{"id":121020,"date":"2025-06-26T16:42:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T16:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=121020"},"modified":"2025-06-26T16:42:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T16:42:58","slug":"who-are-the-locked-in-starters-for-the-usmnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=121020","title":{"rendered":"Who are the locked-in starters for the USMNT?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AoKq5X96U_E?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>From goalkeeper to No. 9, the guys try to figure out who are locks for Gregg Berhalter&#8217;s Best XI after a scoreless draw for Qatar. Plus, Peter Galindo explains what&#8217;s going on with Canada, Gaga to Madrid and the best fullback tandems in MLS.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 &#8211; Intro<\/p>\n<p>3:13 &#8211; First thoughts on USMNT\u2019s draw with Uruguay <\/p>\n<p>10:42 &#8211; Is Sean Johnson in the mix for the USMNT No. 1 GK spot?<\/p>\n<p>20:33 &#8211; Who are the locked-in starters on the USMNT backline?<\/p>\n<p>32:49 &#8211; What is the best possible midfield combo?<\/p>\n<p>47:05 &#8211; Time to talk about the No. 9\u2026 again<\/p>\n<p>53:20 &#8211; Lookahead to World Cup Game 1: Wales<\/p>\n<p>59:36 &#8211; Peter Galindo on what\u2019s going on with Canada<\/p>\n<p>1:15:00 &#8211; Damir Kreilach\u2019s injury is a huge blow<\/p>\n<p>1:17:32 &#8211; Other MLS news and notes<\/p>\n<p>1:23:58 &#8211; Best outside back duos in MLS<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE TO THE POD: https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>LISTEN ON SPOTIFY: https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/027WSUN&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel for more soccer content: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_c&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Follow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLS<br \/>\n&#8211; Like us on Facebook: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MLS<br \/>\n&#8211; Follow us on Instagram: http:\/\/instagram.com\/mls<\/p>\n<p>For more information about MLS, go to the league&#8217;s official website: http:\/\/www.MLSsoccer.com<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AoKq5X96U_E\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From goalkeeper to No. 9, the guys try to figure out who are locks for Gregg Berhalter&#8217;s Best XI after a scoreless draw for Qatar. Plus, Peter Galindo explains what&#8217;s&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":121021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/121021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}