#179 - A deeper dive on the USMNT roster
Gio Reyna roster selection
I think to give the possibility, even if he's not playing too much in his club, if it can be very useful for us. That is our mindset in the way that we made the decision to bring Gio in this camp.
World Cup squad building
We are going to add or to put in the table all our capacity, knowledge, about to select the right 26, the right 26, not the best, the right 26.
World Cup roster competition
There's 27 guys on this roster, four goalkeepers, of course, and 26 make the World Cup. There's four guys in theory who are in this camp who may not hear their names be called for that World Cup roster.
World Cup roster spots
The players that today are in the roster, they cannot think they are going to be in the final roster.
Roster selection philosophy
It's an art because every single player is different and can add different things to the team. We cannot follow some rule because I think it's not fair to judge all in the same way.
Noakai Banks dual-national status
At this point, you got to rule out [Noakai Banks] being on a World Cup roster, because the major question is, who would he replace?
USMNT roster competition
There's guys who are on this roster who are not going to be on the final roster in May. And that's reality.
USMNT roster snubs
I would take [Alejandro Zendejas] if I were the coach. I would have Zendejas on my 26 because he provides a dynamic that is very underrated and I feel like is underappreciated.
