Incremental change for Brazil, but new faces should provide glimpse of the future against USA and El Salvador

Eight years after their last visit to New Jersey, the Seleção are back in town for their first match after the 2018 World Cup.

Some novelty is baked in at the administrative level: in maintaining a sense of calm after a promising but ultimately unsuccessful summer, the CBF is sailing uncharted waters. Tite is the first coach since Cláudio Coutinho in 1978 to stay in the job after leading the Seleção at a World Cup, which can only be regarded as good news given the progress made under his stewardship.

But some new blood is needed, and Tite's squad to face the USA and El Salvador is a promising start on that front. It may time for evolution rather than revolution, but a few fresh faces should bring some youthful bounce to this new era.

Read about Brazil's fresh start in my latest for The Athletic.