[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Slovenia, the USA’s second opponent at the World Cup, struggled to score in the late stages of qualifying, but it poured it on againstQatar Wednesday in Maribor, winning, 4-1, in the last game it will have its foreign-based players before the end of the European season.

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