Sergino Dest will be out for some time, leaving the USMNT scrambling ahead of this summer's Copa America.
The fullback may not play again in 2024, leaving the USMNT scrambling ahead of this summer's tournament on home soil
Sergino Dest isn't quite irreplaceable for the United States men's national team, but his unique skillset is. Dest' ability to dictate games as an attacking fullback is impossible to teach, and there isn't another player in the USMNT player pool that can do what he does at the right-back position. And that's what makes Dest's knee injury, which is set to rule him out for up to nine months, so heart-breaking for the USMNT. It's not that they can't replace him with a capable backup, because they can. There are other good right backs in the player pool. There are, though, no players quite like Dest.
The U.S. has survived without him before, of course, and there are players that will be ready to step into the void and make their own mark on the Copa America this summer. Losing Dest, though, is a big, big blow that will force Gregg Berhalter to rethink his tactics ahead of the upcoming tournament on home soil.Barca won't get a replay - but La Liga must act after 'ghost goal'
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