Recap: USMNT 1–0 Canada
In a game no one should have stayed up to watch, the US defeated Canada, 1–0 on a very late Jozy Altidore goal. Neither team cared about this game, and it showed. Or if they did care, it didn’t look like it.
In a game no one should have stayed up to watch, the US defeated Canada, 1–0 on a very late Jozy Altidore goal. Neither team cared about this game, and it showed. Or if they did care, it didn’t look like it.
The US came back twice to defeat Iceland 3–2 on Sunday. Goals from Jozy Altidore, Michael Orozco, and Steve Birnbaum were enough to see off the Icelanders on a day when neither team seemed all that energized.
The US played Trinidad & Tobago to a dour 0-0 draw in Port of Spain on Tuesday night in their second qualifier for the 2018 World Cup.
The result on Friday was welcome, even if the game opened poorly. The US will hope to have put their mind right when they face Trinidad and Tobago.
The USMNT went behind early before putting six unanswered past St. Vincent on their way to a World Cup qualifier victory in St. Louis.
The US has an easy qualification group beginning with SVGFF on Friday. Should Klinsmann’s team fail to win all of its games in this round, and handily, there will be a reckoning.
Joel Campbell scored the only goal of the match, but the US were comprehensively outplayed by Costa Rica at Red Bull Arena Tuesday evening.
Mexico defeated the US on Saturday night, winning the CONCACAF Cup 3–2 and booking their place in next year’s Confederations Cup.
The US and Mexico face off on Saturday in what, with a Confederations Cup berth at stake, is the most important game for either side since the World Cup.
Brazil destroyed the US on Tuesday night, and they weren’t even at their best. Klinsmann has some serious work to do between now and October.
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