Jonathan Tannenwald: The USMNT’s World Cup auditions are over. Now it’s time to project the tournament roster.

ATLANTA — The curtain has closed on the try-out phase. After 24 matches spread across Mauricio Pochettino’s 18-month reign, the U.S. men’s national team moves from experimentation to expectation. With the final audition complete, attention now shifts to forecasting which 26 names will land on the plane to the sport’s grandest stage.