The U.S. Men’s National Team’s World Cup fate will be decided in Trinidad & Tobago on Friday night.
After toppling Panama, 4-0, on Friday, the U.S. can seal a spot in Russia on Friday night with a victory over the Soca Warriors. A draw would also almost certainly be good enough while a loss to last-place T&T would open the door for Panama or Honduras to make a late push up the Hexagonal table.
Knowing what’s at stake, Bruce Arena produced an unchanged XI for Tuesday’s match. The lineup includes the defensive duo of Matt Besler and Omar Gonzalez, Tim Howard in net and Jozy Altidore joining Bobby Wood atop the field to lead the striker group.
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lol who cares it is only soccer! no one here in the US gives a damn about it since it is boring unamerican commie crap! trying watching some REAL american sports like football basketball or baseball you losers
If only there were a search function to highlight/quote previous statements on this board. How many times have I said: Gonzalez is good for one giant gaffe each game that usually results in an opponent goal?
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Any manager that believes he should be on the backline at the international level doesn’t deserve to be employed by a federation. The guy is a joke.
Except for maybe Pulisic, the rest of the team can stay in T&T for all I care. They should be ashamed to show their faces in this country. Terrible play pretty much all around and Arena has no idea what to do when the other team bunkers in and counter attacks. I said at the beginning they should have had another defensive mid and played Cameron instead of OG. Stupid tactics and strategy and poor player selection. The result against Panama was mostly because of Panamanian mistakes, it’s clear now and that blinded a lot of people to the problems with the team and Arena. First time in 28 years we failed to qualify. Congratulations to all who made it possible.
No really, this is unbelievable.
Will be afk from this site for 3 yrs
93% chance of qualifying three hours ago and now we’re out. This sucks.
The US fate was sealed when they hired Arenas. He chose to select less talented players from the MLS. Arenas has sealed his reputation as the worst coach by far in US history. He should be fired before the sun comes up tomorrow.
Can smbd take off the Uncle Sam hat and say, USMNT is third rate, clueless, terrible at football…could be a blessing in disguise, get rid of the gym coach, of Gulati, start fresh.
If competing in Europe or conmebol, USMNT will be lucky to qualify once every 7 world cups or so…geography…
wouldve liked to have seen a sense of urgency tonight. can’t beat t&t with everything on the line, don’t deserve to go.
Gonzo Tho…
Sunil Must go. Bruce must go. MLS minimum allotted players must go.
Now is time to clear house and give the next generation a chance.
Well … they don’t deserve the World Cup if they play like that. Guess its time for a total revamp.
it’s over. US officially eliminated.
If we can’t beat T&T, we do not deserve to go.
There were way too many culprits in the USA defeat to name even 5, at least 12 were at fault.
We came 5th in the HEX. We proved we don’t belong. I don’t know what the solution is, but we have four years to figure it out.