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Bob Bradley’s conundrum heading into World Cup camp

You’re Bob Bradley. You have about two weeks in camp to establish a base of supreme fitness before a World Cup. Otherwise, you have two basic goals for the important camp in Princeton, N.J.:

1. To fine-tune the team. To polish and polish and leave no detail unattended.

2. To make the final roster selections. There are 30 players in camp. You probably know 20 or 21 who are definitely in your plans. But there are about 10 competing for the last two or three spots.

So, which is your top priority? Seems to me Bradley has a real choice to make here. In those two upcoming friendlies, does he play the guys that we all, essentially, know will form the core of the team? Or does he lean toward playing more of the bubble guys for further evaluation?

I wrote more about it for SI.com. Enjoy.

Oh, and stop pretending you are Bob Bradley. We got laws, you know?

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