[WORLD CUP 2014 FRIENDLIES] With its squad reduced to 23 players 11 days before the deadline, the U.S. national team opens its three-game pre-World Cup home seriesagainst Azerbaijan on Tuesday at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park. The rest period for all 32 finalists officially ends on Monday.

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