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How Johnny Cardoso’s Injury Could Affect the USA's World Cup Roster

Back in March, on the day Mauricio Pochettino named the United Sates’ penultimate roster before this summer’s FIFA World Cup, I asked the U.S. men’s national team coach how he’d weigh the more consequential decisions looming two months later: if making his 26-player World Cup squad would depend more on their form and fitness in late May, or how they’d performed for the Stars and Stripes since the former Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain manager arrived in 2024. "It's an art, because every single player is different and can add different things to the team," Pochettino said. "Different characters...