The United States men’s national team needs wingers. This should not come as a surprise.



Since 2014, the wide midfield position has been a headache for the USMNT. We’ve seen players out there who are really central midfielders—Darlington Nagbe, Sebastian Lletget. We’ve seen players out there whose main responsibilities were to disrupt in defense and transition rather than provide a consistent attacking threat—Alejandro Bedoya, Jermaine Jones. We’ve seen players out there whom coaches later decided might be better in defense—Fabian Johnson, Graham Zusi. We’ve even seen Brad Davis out there.



The answer to this conundrum may lie in Scandinavia, where a trio of young, talented wingers have dribbled their way into the headlines: Jonathan Amon and Emmanuel Sabbi in Denmark, and Romain Gall in Sweden.



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