Davenport, March 19 -- New U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter announced an intriguing position change after his first training session with the full American player pool Monday, moving Tyler Adams to right back and DeAndre Yedlin to wide midfield.

Yedlin, at 25, is among the veterans retained after the failure to qualify for last year's World Cup. He has been primarily a right back for the national team and Newcastle in England.

Adams, a 20-year-old who made his debut under interim coach Dave Sarachan in November 2017, has been a central midfielder for the national team, the New York Red Bulls and now RB Leipzig in Germany.

"This is the beginning phases and we want to test it and we want to see how it looks and we want to see how he adapts and...