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Cherundolo is still a better defender than Spector, but he has declined A LOT offensively the past two years. I was watching the 2006 Italy game, and he clowned a greaser or two going forward.

Guess it depends on what you need from your respective outside backs. If Bocanegra is playing on the left, you can almost play a "slanted" 4-4-2, where Spector goes forward into offense (and to cover the part of the field that Dempsey won't), and Donovan covers more of the left side, as the three remaining defenders ease to the right.

We did a lot of this in the second half, vs. Honduras last summer, and it worked, for the most part.

If Bornstein is your left back, I think Cherundolo needs to play on the other side.