I know fan posts have been relegated to the anus of SBNation, but I like to organize my thoughts on the pool like this from time to time, so I'll do it anyways. I will give my opinion of first, 2nd 3rd, etc, but if they are in the same tier it means it really comes down to preference and form. I have 4 tiers:

Tier 1: Bona fide difference maker for the USMNT.

Tier 2: Proven useful A team option with both club and country performances

Tier 3: I'd be nervous if we had to rely on this person for a tournament right now.

Tier 4: US players with some utility, but either clearly limited vets or severely unproven (at club and country) younger players

Anything below tier 4 I consider off my radar for anything other than camp cupcakes. I will list players at multiple positions, but I'm not gonna get too crazy with putting players out of position.

Striker:

Tier 1:

1. Balogun

Tier 2A:

2. Pepi

3. Sargent

Tier 2.5B:

4. Ferreira

I created 2.5B because while I think Ferreira is about as talented a player as Pepi and Sargent, he doesn't fit as well as they do as a striker with our best players. That said, if I was in charge I would bring him as utility attacker over the loser of the 2nd striker spot between Pepi/Sarge because of the different profile and versatility he can bring off the bench.

Tier 3:

5. Wright

6. Pefok

7. Vazquez

8. Dike

Tier 4:

9. McGuire

10. Gioacchini

Winger:

Tier 1:

1. Pulisic

2. Reyna

3. Weah

Tier 2:

4. Aaronson

Tier 3:

5. Malik Tillman

6. Dest

7. Ferreira

8. Booth

Tier 4:

9. Zendejas

10. J. Morris

11. Cowell

12. Paredes

CAM (if we play a lone 10):

Tier 1:

1. Reyna

Tier 2:

2. Aaronson

Tier 3:

3. Tillman

4. Ferreira

5. Mihailovic

6. Booth

Tier 4:

7. P. Aaronson

8. Bassett

9. C. Clark

10. Pomykal

11. Luna

box-to-box

Tier 1:

1. McKennie

2. Musah

Tier 3:

3. De La Torre

4. Booth

Tier 4:

5. Busio

6. Johnny

7. Acosta

8. Roldan

9. Flach

10. McGlynn

Defensive Mid (if we go with a single 6):

Tier 1:

1. Adams

Tier 3:

2. Musah

3. Acosta

4. Sands

Tier 4:

5. Johnny

6. Maloney

7. Parks

Fullbacks:

Tier 1:

1. Dest

Tier 2:

2. Jedi

3. Scally

4. Weah

Tier 3:

5. Reynolds

6. Yedlin

7. Jones

8. Cannon

9. Wiley

10. Vines

Tier 4:

11. Moore

12. Gomez

13. Tolkin

14. Che

Centerbacks:

Tier 2A (no true tier 1s yet I'd say)

1. Ream

2. Richards

Tier 2B

3. CCV

4. Zimmerman

Tier 3

5. Brooks

6. McKenzie

Tier 4

7. Robinson

8. Trusty

9. Palmer-Brown

10. Kessler

11. Neal

Goalkeepers:

Tier 1:

1. Matt Turner

Tier 3:

2. Ethan Horvath

3. Slonina

4. Zach Steffen

Tier 4:

5. Sean Johnson

6. Drake Callender

7. Chris Brady

Discuss!