[HEXAGONAL COUNTDOWN] Not for first time in the Hexagonal, Jurgen Klinsmann will have to shake up his starting lineup. Forthe first Costa Rica match, he made five changes from the team that had lost to Honduras, 2-1, three of them changes that were forced on him because of injuries. For Friday’s game at San Jose’sEstadio Nacional, he’ll probably have to make two injury-related changes from his preferred lineup during the Hexagonal in addition to dealing with a most welcome dilemma: if and where to start Landon Donovan.

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