[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Packing the defense is what we do, I say go with it. I don't think USMNT is good enough defensively to "slow" anyone down, but what we do (and do it well) is stop goals one way or another. I actually like what Klinsmann has done discipline wise, he blended things the USMNT used to do before he got there defensively with things he wants them do to new on offense and its been working the past year (more or less). If the USMNT injuries aren't significant we can do this, but not against Germany unless they have a really, really bad game. Portugal, I wasn't as scared of them when they were healthy as I probably should have been, so now I'm almost naively confident.