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USA vs Panama Prediction & Betting tips
In the night from Sunday to Monday, the United States and Panama are friendly towards each other at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Both countries are preparing for the CONCACAF Gold Cup this summer.
United States:
The patience of the American football fans was put to the test, but 473 days of waiting the United States has a new national coach. The VW-olds among us will surely know him, because Gregg Berhalter defended in his active career the colors of Pec Zwolle, Sparta Rotterdam and Cambuur Leeuwarden. Berhalter is the final successor of Bruce Arena, who was forced to resign in October 2017, after USMNT seized next to a World Cup ticket for the first time since 1986. He has to revitalize the national team and make sure that the country will be very successful as organizer during the Gold Cup.
The European top leagues are of course all in full swing, so Berhalter limited himself in composing his very first selection to players who are still active in their own MLS. No less than eleven of the 23 players have to make their debut and of the twelve players who have been allowed to listen to the national anthem from the middle spot, only four of them have more than ten international matches behind their name. The absolute leader is the 31-year-old midfielder Michael Bradley who with his 142 caps is by far the most experienced player. The playmaker of Toronto, who in the past played for clubs like SC Heerenveen, Borussia Mönchengladbach and AS Roma, is still one of the stars of the MLS and is indeed the perfect player to take this relatively young selection at hand.
Panama:
In contrast to the United States, Panama was present at the World Cup for the very first time last year. Very memorable was the World Cup participation of the Central-Americans by the way, because after defeats against Belgium (3-0), England (6-1) and Tunisia (1-2) they knew in group G under former national coach Hernan Dario Gomez not to grab a single point.
Panama had the oldest selection of all World Cup participants in Russia, but Los Canaleros have decided to rigorously rejuvenate. Interim coach Gary Stempel has put together a very young selection with an average age of less than 23 years. All players are still active in the local Liga Panameña de Futbol, a competition that is not highly regarded even in the CONCACAF zone. Eleven of the eighteen players have to make their debut and with midfielder Angel Orelien a seventeen year old boy was called up. This is not Panama B, but rather a Panama C. The only two players to keep an eye on are defender Fidel Escobar and striker Abiel Arroyo. They are the only two players who were already at the World Cup and who have gained foreign experience in the past at New York Red Bulls (United States) and Santa Clara (Portugal) respectively.
USA vs Panama head to head matches
07.10.17 WC USA Panama 4 : 0
08.07.17 GC USA Panama 1 : 1
29.03.17 WC Panama USA 1 : 1
25.07.15 GC USA Panama 1 : 2 (1 : 1)
14.07.15 GC Panama USA 1 : 1