Mauricio Pochettino needed a moment to put his thoughts together. Often verbose in both English and Spanish, the manager waited when asked about his best player so far in this summer's Gold Cup.

Patrick Agyemang scored a late goal in the U.S. men's national team's 2-1 win over Haiti on Sunday, ensuring they ended Concacaf Gold Cup group stage play with three wins out of three. The USMNT took an early lead courtesy of Malik Tillman,

Although the idea of overloading the midfield makes sense, dropping one of the team’s fastest and most agile players into an unnatural position is puzzling, especially when the midfield of Tillman, Quinn Sullivan and Brendan Aaronson doesn’t offer much in the way of pace.