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          Debating U.S. Gold Cup bubble players

          Will Tim Ream, Jordan Morris and Graham Zusi make the final Gold Cup roster? Getty Images, Getty Images, USA TODAY Sports
          • Adrian Melville
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            Adrian Melville
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            • Joined ESPN in 2013 as a soccer Insider
            • Worked previously at NBC, Major League Soccer and Opta (UK)
            • Played college soccer at Princeton and professionally for the New England Revolution and Santo Andre, a second-division club in Brazil
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          • Jeff Carlisle
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              Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC.
          Jun 16, 2015, 01:00 PM ET

          After posting a pair of impressive road victories over the Netherlands and Germany, the U.S. men's national team and manager Jurgen Klinsmann head into the CONCACAF Gold Cup riding plenty of positive momentum (though a July 3 friendly versus Guatemala comes first).