USA-PANAMA EXPRESS:Oct. 6 in Orlando, FloridaUSA 4 Panama 0.Goals: Pulisic 8, Altidore 19, Altidore 43 (pen.), Wood 63. In one of the most high-pressure games the USA has faced, fears of failing to qualify for the 2018 World Cup were greatly alleviatedwith a 4-0 win over Panama. USA Player Ratings: Starters Player (Club) GP/G 6Tim Howard […]
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Four years later, Panama again faces USA on the brink of its first World Cup
Had the USA managed even a point against Costa Rica in its last Hexagonal home game, the general feeling heading into the next one, against Panama in Orlando on Friday, would be at the worst cautiousoptimism. Instead, the 2-0 loss to Costa Rica and subsequent 1-1 tie in Honduras has sewn severe anxiety amongst the […]
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USA-Panama: It can't get any bigger than this
As he looked out at a packed media room Thursday morning at Orlando City Stadium, Bruce Arena could not pass up the chance to knock down the notion that he and his players were treatingFriday’s USA-Panama game as just another World Cup qualifier. “Well, it’s not as normal as possible,” Arena said. “If that was […]
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Kasey Keller talks the hazards of the Hexagonal, plus TV, fishing, and Sounders' chances to repeat
Former U.S. international goalkeeper Kasey Keller, who accrued 102 caps from 1990 to 2007, is working for ESPN this week and will be in Orlando for the crucial Hexagonal game againstPanama. Since he retired from the Sounders in 2011 he’s worked as a broadcaster for the team and during the reign of former U.S. national […]
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World Cup: USA controls its own destiny but margin for error greatly reduced
Until now, never has the USA had to play all 10 Hexagonal games to qualify for the World Cup. Qualifying matchday:YEAR DAY/MATCH 1997: 9th/3-0 at Canada 2001: 9th/2-1 vs. Jamaica 2005: 7th/2-0 vs. Mexico 2009: 9th/3-2 at Honduras 2013:8th/2-0 vs. Mexico The USA famously won, 1-0, at Trinidad & Tobago to advance to the 1990 […]
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Hex Files: Panama recalls Penedo for USA game
Former LA Galaxy keeper Jaime Penedo, who was injured and missed Panama’s September qualifiers, has been recalled for the Canaleros’ final two Hexagonal matches, which begin with the matchagainst the USA on Oct. 6. Also back is 22-year-old defender Jan Carlos Vargas, one of only two domestic-based players in Hernan Dario Gomez‘s team. The Canaleros […]
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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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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 […]
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Costa Rica renews heralded and heated rivalry with USA
In American soccer circles, the rivalry between the USA and Mexico men’s teams is the bitterest and most celebrated, and rightly so. But there’s always a healthy dose of angstbubbling when the opponent is Costa Rica, and their meeting Friday at Red Bull Arena will likely add itself to a list of tough and memorable […]