[HEXAGONAL COUNTDOWN] Injuries and poor form are part of what any national team coach has to deal with, but it’s hard to remember a U.S. coach having to dealwith the losses, at such a critical moment, as Jurgen Klinsmann suffered over the weekend. The absence of LandonDonovan, “on sabbatical” at least until next week, was almost an afterthought to the problems Klinsmann faces ahead of the qualifiers against Costa Rica Friday and Mexico four days later.
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