USMNT Pool: Penalty Kicks (PKs) - Take your pick!

Penalties are typically a volunteer thing, but this would be a good line-up:

1 Pulisic
2 Zendejas
3 Dest
4 Tillman
5 Balogun

 

From memory I think Pepi is real good at penalties while Balogun isn't (I think).

 

Assuming Pepi is on the field…

 

Yeah, of course. What a group we have where you can't count on literally anyone being healthy. Jedi was the iron man but even he has rusted and needed to be recast.

 

Yeah, this is an era of absence for sure.

 

Keep in mind if we go to penalties at the WC it's after 120 minutes....Pulisic isn't coming off if healthy but that likely means the other 2 of our front 3 (presumably Balogun/Tillman at the moment) have been subbed out, likely along with whichever of Dest/Weah starts that game and at least one of our CMs. In terms of a shootout I'd keep an eye on guys like Pepi, Wright, Zendejas, Luna, Tessmann who are unlikely to start but have a good chance of being on the field at the end of 120.

If I'm predicting a hypothetical US shootout lineup for a game next summer I'm probably going (no particular order) Pulisic, Pepi, Richards, Wright, and 1 of Dest/Weah/Tessmann....not so much because I think those are our top 5 necessarily but because those are the guys who are likely to be on the field.