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Guadalupe: On Tuesday the America will appear rebound from a poor performance that led to the team’s 1st group stage loss in the story of the Gold Cup as well as the US’s 1st loss always to Panama. In their 1st two games, Guadeloupe hasn't acted well, but kept the games close. Against Panama Guadeloupe were essentially not on the field and went down 3-0, but in the last half-hour the team came to life and pulled two goals back with only 10 men. Streaks like those are bound to break, but the timing could have been better. There are a large number of scenarios that will lead to the United States advancing out of the group stage, but the easiest way is to get a win versus Guadeloupe.  In Saturday’s game against Canada, Guadeloupe had a alike lack of offense and also spent closely the entire game a man down, but Canada could only manage a 1-0 acquire off of a PK. Guadeloupe’s tendency to earn red cards is both good and bad for the US offense. If the team can keep up a constant pressure, Guadeloupe may get frustrated and start committing fouls to break up plays. Bob Bradley has already said he's going to be making changes to the starting line-ups because of the short turn around later the last game. This, however, means our actors will have to suffer said fouls and avoiding desperate and studs-up challenges is a priority.  I would expect Altidore to stay up top, but Agudelo hasn't done well so far and Wondolowski has done even worse. Dempsey or Donovan could see themself as the new strike partner or Altidore will be a lone forward with a new midfielder coming in. If Coach Bradley decides to go back to his 4-5-1, bringing in Kljestan would give the US a midfielder who's comfortable on the left side. In the past two games our offense has come largely from the right side via Donovan and Cherundolo; adding a left-sided midfielder will allow the U.S.A. to utilize both flanks on the attack. If the US keeps a 4-4-2, Edu could also see a start if Bradley decides to sit Jones later a minimal performance against Panama. Our center back pairing is almost guaranteed to change for this last group stage game. Gooch has also been sitting on the bench, so we could see him come in as well in order to keep Bocanegra on the left and to keep our height advantage on set pieces. Bradley could also bring out Edu for another defensive possibility to let Michael Bradley move forward more.  We have seen some promising play out of Ream, but with the US’s future in the tournament on the line look for Bocanegra to slide over to the center to make room for Spector or Bornstein on the left. Guadeloupe hasn't found the back of the net much this tournament, but they were able to put in 2 goals against Panama so the US can't take any chances going down again. Guadalupe