Midfielder Tab Ramos is expected to start against Iran on June 21, as is Frankie Hejduk, who sparked the Americans’ off the bench in the second half of the Germany match. Should Ramos start, it is speculated that he would join Claudio Reyna and Eric Wynalda as the team’s three forward players, with Ernie Stewart either not playing or perhaps moving back into a more defensive role. Ramos said he’ll be happy to play wherever Sampson wants him to. Sampson also said today that he will stay with the 3-6-1, despite the fact that German defenders have said that the formation made it easy to play against the U.S. Whether or not Jeff Agoos, Marcelo Balboa, Alexi Lalas or Joe-Max Moore, who have nearly 400 caps between them, will play against Iran is still in doubt. *** There has been plenty of media coverage about the political implications of the match against Iran. When asked about it, U.S. captain Thomas Dooley said: “The press shouldn’t even write about it. It just stirs the pot.” Alexi Lalas reacted to Iranian players complaints about a French television station airing the film Not Without My Daughter, which is about an American woman whose daughter is kidnapped by her estranged Iranian husband. “It was a real good movie,” Lalas said. “I’ve seen it a number of times… Sally Field gave an excellent performance.”