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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The hardest to find is GK. This does not make them more valuable than MF or OB, just harder to find. The reason is that good field players are flexible and it is easier to transition a strong holding MF to play defense. F is a hard to find skill but attacking midfielders and wingers can sometimes transition to F. Almost nobody else on the team can play GK effectively besides the GK. It’s just the most specialized skill set which makes it harder to find. This increases as teams get older.[/quote]

If you look at the USMNT, there are two positions that we traditionally struggle to fill: left back and no.10 playmaker.  Goalkeeper is normally a strength.  [/quote]

If Pulisic, Lloyd, Rapinoe and others are any indication, I'd say as is typical, we have midfield options.  I agree with you on outside back though, especially left back for sure, but in reality on both sides of the field.

I agree on the goalkeeper being normally a strength, as Howard and Solo would be great examples of.  It's true it can be a gap on a team and when it is, it's glaring.  But it's not typically a gap on higher level teams at least.  There are exceptional goalies and good ones, but most teams have someone who can do it.

Some midfielders and wingers can transition to forward, but often, it's a special skill set and mindset.  The players that have it score a lot, and those that don't seem so close game after game, but just don't find the net a lot.

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