re: USMNT Starting XI?

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Yedlin is a worse RB than Dest, Cannon, and Tyler Adams.

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But won't two of those guys be starting elsewhere? In the OP's link, and virtually every projection, Dest is pencilled in as the left back, even though he plays on the right at Ajax. And Adams is almost certainly the DM. So that leaves Cannon. I guess Antonee Robinson could play LB, but it seems Dest is the front runner there, which eliminates a lot of Yedlin's competition on the right.

Cannon still likely gets the start, but Yedlin started in the League of Nations, so the staff clearly favors him still, and while he is a defensive liability, he does provide speed up the sideline and some international experience, which this team will lack. Yedlin is probably still in the mix until Cannon clearly passes him up. If I'm making my own lineup, Yedlin doesn't start, but if I'm making a prediction what the staff WILL DO... I think he does. At least one game.