The MNT has never been good at playing possession soccer. Our best WC years were playing with Donovan in a dual role making runs and defense. I’ve seen arguments that US soccer should be based/built in a rock solid defense and set pieces.
But from what I’ve seen now we don’t have a single decent holding midfielder. Bradley is a turnover machine and Pulisic can’t handle the double team that he will regularly face right now. I just don’t know how to solve the development piece where the us clearly has money and resources but cannot make it happen.