[ANTIGUA & BARBUDA-USA] Friday’s Antigua-Barbuda-USA game at Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Grounds (TV: beIN SPORT, 7 pm ET) isn’t the first time the USA hastraveled to the Caribbean to play on a cricket field. And it isn’t the first time it has traveled there for a big game without some of its biggest stars. The 2002 World Cup is remembered for the USA’srun to the quarterfinals, but it almost didn’t get out of the semifinal round. The USA’s depth pulled it through then under Bruce Arena. We’ll see just how muchdepth Jurgen Klinsmann has now as it will be necessary to get his depleted team through the last two games.

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