After cruising past St. Vincent & the Grenadines in its World Cup Qualifying opener, the U.S. Men’s National Team will face a much more difficult test on Tuesday night.
In the team’s second qualifier, the USMNT is set to visit Trindad & Tobago (6:36, beIN Sports). The game comes on the heels of a 6-1 USMNT victory over St Vincent and the Grenadines, while the Soca Warriors enter on a high as well after knocking off Guatemala on the road.
Starting in net for the second time since his return to the USMNT will be Tim Howard, who rejoined his American teammates after their unsuccesful Gold Cup campaign. Trinidad & Tobago enjoyed relative success in that very tournament, winning their group ahead of Mexico while proving to be a difficult test in CONCACAF play.
SBI will be providing live commentary on tonight’s action so please feel free to follow along. As always, you are welcome to share your thoughts and opinions in the comments section below.
Enjoy the action:
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Can someone educate Bradley on the art of timely passing. He holds onto the ball too long and frequent runs out of ideas. When he decides to pass it its mostly to the opposition.
The defense played solid today but the Teams continues to run out of ideas when they get across the half line.
Zardes, Yedlin and Bradley played lousy today. Im convinced Yedlin is not ready for prime time yet.
If only we had a forward in the pool who knew how to finish chances…..oh wait….
Who were you alluding to? Zardes blanked on 2 clear chances served up by Jozy.
Well, we didn’t blow it.
Yedlin has never done anything in the midfield as a starter. Either play him at right back or don’t start him
Better than a loss, but still. Can’t believe they tied this match. Imagine how the Hex is going to be.
Your expectations don’t seem to be rooted in reality…
Well I guess we got what Klinsmann wanted, sad
My other favorite spectator sport is college basketball. In the NCAA playoffs, the mantra coaches live by is, survive and advance. It doesn’t matter how you win, how you play, or how much you win by, the whole point is to get to the next round. In this soccer competition, THE ONLY GOAL IS TO GET TO THE NEXT ROUND. Then, after you get to the Hex, your only goal is to qualify for the World Cup. Nothing else matters. Was Uruguay successful in 2010? They only got to the World Cup because they beat Costa Rica in a playoff, but then they got to the semifinals in the World Cup. Not one Uruguayan fan cares about how they got there, only how they did once they got there. Back in the day, before the World Cup had 64 participants, some third place teams got into the knock out round. In 1994, Italy was one of those teams, losing their first game, then getting a win and a draw. They went on to win the World Cup. Did it matter that they didn’t win their group? Why don’t people here understand the basics of tournament play?
Can a brother get a creative midfielder? Nobody has any ideas in the final third.
Nagbe looked good on the ball but was way too deep. He, jones and Bradley were havin a tea party with our CBs all match
Did US actually go to T&T to draw?
Win at home, and at least a draw on the road. That’s the plan for every team, especially the good ones. We WANT to win every game; but getting a draw on the road is never a bad thing unless u give up a win to a last minute goal. I’ll be happy with a 0-0 draw EVERY SINGLE AWAY GAME FROM HERE UNTIL ETERNITY…..
Maybe if we keep repeating this people will finally learn. I figured it out. If you win at home and draw on the road in a group of 4, you are guaranteed 12 points. Another team could possibly get 13, but you would then be in second and advance. T&T basically lost 2 points because they didn’t win at home. The vast majority of the time 12 points means you win the group. By way of comparison, in the last Hex, we won with our highest point total ever with 22 points. However, the win at home and draw on the road would have produced 20 points, which also would have been good enough to win the Hex since second place Costa Rica had only 18.
Have to say, US has possessed the ball this half.
Nagbe’s presence immediately felt….calm and composed on the ball, finding openings….0 – 0 but we have absolute control of the game
Cameron and Jones should’ve been red carded by now.
Must watch video: Altidore trying to dribble past somebody.
Just painful.
U mean the clever heel flick nutmeg they replayed a few times? Yea terrible…..
How about our best two chances came from altidore getting behind the defense and serving up a great cross …. But yea he totally did nothing all game.
I remember a time, I think it was when he was at Hull, where he was pinned against the sideline by two defenders, one in front, one in back. He did a back heel nutmeg on the guy behind him, spun and got away from both defenders. I can’t recall ever seeing anyone else ever pulling that off. He is better than a lot of people give him credit for. I think his main problem is he doesn’t maximize the talent and ability he has, for whatever reason.
Mexico wins 2-0 away against a team they never beat at home meanwhile we start four centerbacks, 2 d mids and a right back praying for a draw…
If I sub at 2 at halftime, Zardes and Yedlin come out. Zardes unsure, won’t attack, poor touches. Yedlin constantly getting stripped and beaten on wrong side again and again. Zardes first out.
Johnson and Ream have been strong on the left, stop going to the right so much. Jozy’s offsides and poor touches killed 4 early attacks.
0-0 at the half…….klinsmans draw plan is taking shape and you guys thought he was an idiot.
This lineup was designed for it to be 0-0 at half, so I guess we should be happy?
Dang F Johnson with the nut shot.
Glad to see Zardes getting a look at his natural position up top. He does well there on the rare occasions he gets the opportunity with the Galaxy.
He looks HORRIBLE tonight.
Ahh..people already making stupid comments…Yedlin is still raw at RB and got exposed by a semi-pro team.
So you give up on him after 1 mistake? There’s zero upside in playing Orozco there.
Definitely don’t give up on him, but he needs more grooming and Johnson is clearly still the best RB option. However, WCQ matter and T&T would definitely punish the USMNT with that mistake. T&T strength is going forward.
After the last game I predicted this. Especially when you see Kenwyne Jones lined up on the left you don’t want an inexperienced defender at RB. Jones is now at Cardiff City in the Championship, so it is likely that Ream has played against him as has Cameron, so the defensive alignment by the US makes a lot of sense given that he is the biggest threat.
Bradley in midfield and Altidore up top is not even productive for Toronto FC………like Zardes up top though
If your cable package has MUN2 (think this is a NBC Universo affiliate), you are in luck. Go NATS!
Either play Yedlin at right back or not at all. Overly conservative lineup. Pretty much 4 center backs across the back.
beIN coverage is really bad, has a triple aaa baseball feel to it.
Also this should be a game for zardes to impress if he wants to be played at foward and not be shifted to the midfield.
I wish they woulda kept yedlin at rb. Maybe we coulda the same lineup for once, but at least Johnson is in the midfield again. Man I really wanted to see nagbe get the start if we were gunna make changes to the lineup.
Not impressed by this lineup.