HARRISON, N.J. – Nine months out from a World Cup, it is unrealistic to expect most national teams to be the finished product, especially in a friendly where experimentation should be encouraged. World Cup-bound teams, though, should be offering a preview of what that finished product might be and in the U.S. men's national team's case, that might be the organized chaos head coach Mauricio Pochettino described as the ideal look for his team . As the USMNT dragged themselves through a 2-0 defeat to South Korea on Saturday , though, organization and stylistic chaos were in short supply.

Nearly a year into the job, Pochettino's USMNT have started to move to a familiar rhythm. The starting lineup is an unusual mix of veterans and players who few would have guessed would be in the mix w

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