re: ESPN's Adrian Melville ranks top-23 US soccer players

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Then could you say that the USA is a team that has no real star players but can field a very solid team with not much drop off from it's best player to it's 11'th player.

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Yes, and this is the progress we've made.

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Maybe more so than other teams in the world cup who maybe have a couple of superstars but have weaknesses at other positions?

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There are some teams that fit this description. Many of the African teams, for example, have some absolute top notch superstar players but also have some pretty average players at other key positions. Bosnia is another good example.

However, there are still 5 or 6 absolutely loaded sides and another 6 to 8 who have a couple of superstars but also a complete roster stronger than ours individually.