USA needs its A game against German B team

[USA-GERMANY] Previewing Germany’s U.S. tour, one German reporter joked that the players will need their ID badges showing to assure the team bus driver they’reallowed on board. Spiegel Online said Germany is playing “test games” with nothingto test, because Coach Joachim Loew‘s squad is already set with players not on this trip. But this German B team showed with a 4-2 win over Ecuador on Wednesday in Florida that theAmericans face a stiff challenge on Sunday in Washington, D.C. (kickoff: 2:30 pm ET; ESPN2, WatchESPN and UniMas).