USA boss Juergen Klinsmann was pleased with how his team performed in their two friendlies in October.
The American side recently drew 1-1 with Ecuador in Connecticut and 1-1 with Honduras in Boca Raton and even though the results were not victories, Klinsmann felt there were plenty of positives from his players.
Klinsmann highlighted the individual performances of a handful of his players including Club Tijuana defender Greg Garza, Rosenborg midfielder Mikkel Diskerud and Sunderland striker Jozy Altidore whose situation at club level has been much talked about over the past week.
"Looking at both games, it was for us really of high value to see how guys are going in their personal curves," the German told ussoccer.com.
"We saw a lot of good stuff.
"For example, we saw Greg Garza trying to establish himself as a real alternative as a left back.
"We saw another step for Mix Diskerud growing and becoming a bit more dominant in his own game. We are thrilled that Jozy scored and got back on track in his own personal difficult moment because of his club situation.
"We tried to figure out if Jermaine Jones is a real alternative at center back, which he proved right away. Timmy Chandler got valuable minutes, and we saw a lot of the things we wanted to see from younger players."
Klinsmann admitted it would have been nice to come away with a win or two but felt that the two matches were extremely beneficial for the US side.
"Obviously when you play friendly games, you want to win those games," he added.
"From that point of view, it's a little bit disappointing because in both games we had late equalizers from our opponents. You want to put those games away and score the second goal before they have a chance to equalize.
"Overall, two very valuable experiences. It gave us a lot of answers to certain questions about players, so there was a lot of progress."
