AMSTERDAM – It has been a little more than a year since Jurgen Klinsmann took the US national team reins, with the promise of a style makeover that would start our climb to the next level of the world game. 

While the boss routinely diverges from the Ajax-inspired 4-3-3 formation which features prominently in US Soccer Federation youth technical director Claudio Reyna's tactical manifesto (released just prior to Klinsmann’s hiring), many of the field directives found in “Total Football” remain firmly in his game plans.