Why Aron Johannsson deserves his chance at USMNT even above Gyasi Zardes?

USMNT will have their first friendly in a long time when facing Wales in a game that will have place on November 12. Even though head coach Gregg Berhalter is still to make the list of nominees for that match, there are some hints that we can already have in order to conform the squad.

For sure, Aron Johannsson deserves to have his chance in the USMNT. The attacker aged 29 plays for Hammarby IF in Sweden and has a tremendous season, in which he scored 13 goals in 22 appearances and gave one assist. Even though he played 19 games for the national team he hasn't been in consideration lately but that might change.

We can compare Johannsson's numbers with those who for sure will be call-up in the same position, such as Gyasi Zardes. The striker has played 19 games in the season so far and scored 12 goals for Columbus Crew. Is Zardes is going to be called for these numbers, then Johannsson should be as well.

We still need to know who are going to be the other attackers that Berhalter will call for his team, but we may presume that Corey Baird and Jesús Ferreira are two other no. 9 that may interesting for the coach.