Head coach Jorge Luis Pinto has called up 26 players for what he termed “life or death” matches against Costa Rica and Mexico in the final two World Cup 2018 qualifiers in Concacaf. TheCatracho squad includes four MLS players, three from the Houston Dynamo (Oscar Boniek Garcia, Romell Quioto and Alberth Elis) and one fromFC Dallas (Maynor […]
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What They're Saying: Bruce Arena
“What was I thinking? I was thinking we might have an early vacation at the end of this year.” — U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena, fearing the USA’s chances of returningto the World Cup for an eighth straight time were slipping away until Bobby Wood‘s tying goal gave the USA a 1-1 tie at […]
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USA-Honduras World Cup Qualifying Player Ratings
HONDURAS-USA EXPRESS: Sept. 5 in San Pedro Sula Honduras 1 USA 1. Goals: Quioto 27; Wood85. Cometh the crisis, cometh the savior. By far the lesser renowned of the two U.S. Bundesliga-based forwards, it was Bobby Wood whose cool control and sharp finishamid a goalmouth melee yielded the goal by which the USA salvaged apoint […]
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World Cup: What will it take for the USA to qualify?
The USA’s chances of going to the World Cup as the third-place team look a lot brighter after its 1-1 tie at Honduras. How USA controls its own destiny: Because of its hugeedge on Honduras on goal difference — still at eight goals — the USA should clinch if it sweeps its last two games […]
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Revived Honduras anxious to turn tables on reeling U.S.
In the Hexagonal, there are three teams with three matches remaining that can realistically finish third and avoid a do-or-die playoff against an Asian team in November. Honduras pulled itself into a third-place tie with the U.S. Friday in familiar fashion: goals by players with MLS ties. Former Dynamo; Alexander Lopezand current member Alberth Elis scored the […]
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Up against wall: USA ponders multiple lineup changes
Before Friday night, the outcome of Tuesday’s match at Honduras did not matter as long as the USA took care of business against Costa Rica. That didn’t happen, and the USA is suddenly up against thewall. It could drop to fifth place in the Hexagonal with a loss. 1. How many lineup changes will Arena […]
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Yes, USA has long history of success in Honduras
The USA has arrived in San Pedro Sula, where it faces Honduras in World Cup 2018 qualifying. The Catrachos’ World Cup hopes were revived with Friday’s results and Tuesday afternoon hasbeen declared a work holiday so fans can attend the game. USA lost to Honduras, 2-1, in the heat and humidity of San Pedro Sula’s […]
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Hexagonal: What will it take for USA to qualify?
The USA’s chances of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup took a hit when it lost to Costa Rica, 2-0, on Friday. A sweep of its two remaining home games would have all but assured the USA finished noworse than third in the Hexagonal. Now? The USA is in a fight with Honduras and Panama […]
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Hexagonal: The USA's clinching scenarios
Considering the USA opened with two losses, its worst start ever to the Hexagonal, it would be remarkable that it qualified for the 2018 World Cup on Tuesday. That’s possible though dependent on anunlikely set of results. More likely, a straightforward set of results will send the USA to Russia in October . How the USA […]