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The rumors about Eddie Lewis moving to left back on the US Mens National Team may be true after all. He said this in an ESPN chat yesterday:

Mac, Traverse City, Michigan: Eddie, congratulations on your excellent play during qualification, and thank you for your service to the team. Fan boards are always talking about our weakness at left-back, and your name comes up often. So let's cut to the chase - any interest on your part in playing there, now or in the future?! Where do you see your best position in terms of the USMNT?

Eddie Lewis: (2:14 PM ET ) First of all, that's a great question. Wednesday night might provide some interesting answers. In general, I would like to have a spell at leftback although I haven't had a lot of experience there, I think it's a natural progression for me. Considering it can keep both players like myself and Beasley on the field at the same time, I think it can be a real advantage.

There's an excellent discussion of this move and what it might mean for Lewis and the National Team over on Bigsoccer. If Lewis is run out at left back here's the line-up we'll probably see tomorrow night against Trinidad and Tobago in Hartford:

Goalkeeper: Kasey Keller
Left back: Eddie Lewis
Right back: Chris Albright
Center backs: Jimmy Conrad, Oguchi Onyewu
Left mid: Bobby Convey
Right mid: Steve Ralston (Santino Quaranta?)
Center mids: Claudio Reyna, John O'Brien
Forwards: Brian McBride, Landon Donovan

With Albright and Lewis making runs from the back, it would instantly add to our attack, utilizing each's crossing ability, and allowing Lewis to overlap with the speedier Bobby Convey. For a team decimated by injuries (Gibbs, Bocanegra, Cherundolo, Johnson, Beasley, Mastroeni), this is an excellent line-up (and one that doesn't feature Frankie Hedjuk!). Personally, I'd rather see Quaranta get a run at right mid., but Arena will probably stick with Ralston until we've wrapped up qualification.

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