I don't think that [time] is as important as most people may think. With no qualifiers on the schedule for next year's World Cup given the U.S.'s status as co-hosts, the chance to test and analyze a larger sample size just hasn't been the same. "I think there's plenty of time before the World Cup, there's plenty of games," said Brenden Aaronson, who is part of the Gold Cup squad. "We're going to treat them like World Cup games." If Aaronson & Co. are going to be ready for the World Cup in less than 12 months, they'll have to.