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This is a team with a robust defense and a match-winning creator in Christian Eriksen; that is a formula for serious success. Shouts for Pefok's inclusion were loud prior to this window and should be even louder now. After winning the Golden Boot in the Swiss League last year, he has scored four goals in eight games across all competitions for Union Berlin, who sit atop the Bundesliga standings. He might not be the system fit Berhalter is looking for, but that logic is hard to defend when the players who supposedly fit the system are continuously ineffective. Sergino Dest is a lock to start at the World Cup, but there is plenty of competition for places behind him in the depth chart.Silvestre Szpylma/Quality Sport Images/Getty ImagesAssuming full fitness, Dest and Robinson will start on the right and left, respectively. Neither of them figures to be in line for meaningful playing time, unless injuries force the issue. Pulisic, Reyna, Weah and Aaronson are all obvious inclusions