No matter how you view the USA’s 0-0 tie at Trinidad & Tobago — better than recent end-of-year results or many recent results on the road in World Cup qualifying but not as good as the resultsfor Mexico, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Guatemala, which all won on the road Tuesday in Concacaf play — one thing is for sure. The result will unlikely force the ouster of U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann, as had been suggested if the USA didn’t sweep its opening two qualifiers.

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