Michael Owen, in his infinite wisdom, once stated that “whichever team scores more goals usually wins.” The once-prodigious English striker was, of course, correct. And he should be. If there’s one thing forwards should know about, it’s scoring.



With the USMNT convening for the first time under Gregg Berhalter this week, the new boss has plenty of questions to answer, and the forward pool is a good place to start. Berhalter called in four forwards to the MLS-only camp: Gyasi Zardes, Christian Ramirez, Jeremy Ebobisse, and Corey Baird (Baird, while listed as a midfielder in the initial roster announcement, is currently listed as a forward on U.S. Soccer’s website). That’s a pretty small group in an expanded 28-man roster designed to give Berhalter a broad view of the domestic player base below several obvious first-team picks. However, looking at USMNT rosters over the course of the last couple years, a group of four is on the bigger side of...