American goalkeeper question 示す ぼんやり現れるs over World Cup squad
By Amy Tennery
NEW YORK, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Former 部隊d 明言する／公表するs players Stu Holden and Alexi Lalas said they favoured Matt Turner in the ぐずぐず残る 審議 over who will start as goalkeeper in next month's World Cup in Qatar.
Who will be given the number one jersey has 現れるd as one of the Americans' biggest question 示すs ahead of the tournament, with the U.S. squad to be 発表するd on Nov. 9.
Middlesbrough goalkeeper Zack Steffen was the （疑いを）晴らす favourite of Gregg Berhalter when the coach took 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 at the end of 2018, after the team were 軍隊d to watch the World Cup at home having failed to qualify.
But 兵器庫 backup Matt Turner's 在庫／株 rose as he produced a 記録，記録的な／記録する nine clean sheets for the U.S. in 2021 and he and Steffen 分裂（する） starting 義務s for the final six matches of qualifying in 2022.
膝 問題／発行するs 限られた／立憲的な Steffen's 最近の playing time for English second tier 味方する Boro and Turner started in goal for the Americans' final two warmup matches.
Turner 調印するd for 兵器庫 this summer after six years with Major League サッカー (MLS) 味方する New England 革命. A backup for Aaron Ramsdale, he has yet to start in the 首相 League but has played in the Europa League.
"It is a question 示す, for sure. I don't think it should be a question 示す - I think it should be Matt Turner," former midfielder Holden told Reuters.
"I hope we don't get to a 状況／情勢 where Gregg Berhalter has not made that 決定／判定勝ち（する） 主要な into the World Cup."
The Fox Sports 分析家, who was a member of the 2010 U.S. World Cup team, pointed to 2002 as the last time the Americans went into the tournament with ambiguity surrounding the position, as Kasey Keller and Br 広告 Friedel learned "24 hours before the first game" who would start.
While the team - which 含むd then-player Berhalter -reached the ４半期/4分の1-決勝戦, Keller ガス／煙d as he was stuck on the （法廷の）裁判.
"You want to give your team some clarity in that position. I think Matt has 終始一貫して played 井戸／弁護士席 for the U.S.," said Holden. "He's been healthy, training at a high level, playing at the high level... That's a position that you need consistency (in)."
Turner kept a clean sheet as the Americans struggled to create 適切な時期s in their final pre-Qatar friendly last month against Saudi Arabia.
"Gregg seems to have a soft 位置／汚点／見つけ出す, if you will, for Zack Steffen," said Lalas, a former U.S. defender who will join Holden on Fox Sports' broadcast team in Qatar.
"I don't think goalkeeping is going to be the 問題／発行する if there are 問題／発行するs. I'm comfortable with either of them... if it was me, I would go with Matt Turner." (報告（する）／憶測ing by Amy Tennery in New York Editing by Christian Radnedge)
