World Cup Qualifying recap: Costa Rica 4–0 USMNT
Costa Rica embarrassed the US on Tuesday night, beating them by four goals to none, the worst World Cup Qualifying defeat for the US since 1980.
Costa Rica embarrassed the US on Tuesday night, beating them by four goals to none, the worst World Cup Qualifying defeat for the US since 1980.
The US should feel upset by the Mexico loss, but not discouraged. The play the US displayed outside of the first half hour was good enough to feel confident of getting something from the game in Costa Rica.
Mexico vanquished their Dos a Cero demons, defeating the USMNT 2–1 in Columbus.
The US faces Mexico on Friday in the first game of Hexagonal Qualifying for the 2018 World Cup.
New Zealand proved a tougher opponent than expected, earning a well deserved 1–1 draw with the US on Tuesday night.
So, the Union got about what we expected from their road-trip-from-Hell, and it doesn’t feel like quite enough. The playoffs still look likely, but is this team a disappointment, given their play earlier in the year?
Following a hard fought but somewhat ugly 2–0 win over the Cuba, the US takes on New Zealand in the final tune-up before the Hexagonal begins in November.
In the first of two international friendlies before next month’s Hexagonal begins, the US takes an historic trip to Cuba—it’s first in nearly 70 years.
While the last three games included a couple of disappointing results (and disappointing might be putting it mildly), how have the Union set themselves up to finish the season?
Led by Hershey, PA’s, own Christian Pulisic, the US ran out 4–0 winners over Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday night, in the process winning Group C and punching their ticket for the Hex.
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