[INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY] The USA plays its second game of the new cycle Friday when it hosts Ecuador in East Hartford, Connecticut (7 p.m. ET on ESPN, WatchESPN,UniMas). Landon Donovan goes out one last time, earning his 157th cap in a match that will give Coach Jurgen Klinsmann, deprived of most keyMLS players, a chance to build with his young players. Here are three Czech Republic-USA storylines.

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