The scenario is clear for the USMNT: Don’t lose by six or more, go to the World Cup. brianstraus on a history of chaos in Costa Rica—and an opportunity for the U.S. to do something unprecedented there 🇺🇸
, who were suspended for last Sunday’s qualifier against Panama, made their way from a suite down to the Exploria Stadium locker room.“It was quiet,” Weah interjected.isn’t a U.S. national team that’s going to exhale or exult before the job is done
“It’s not over ’til it’s over. So that’s really been the main approach going into this last game, is we can’t be too complacent. We can’t be too relaxed,” Yedlin said. “Obviously we’re in a good situation, and we know that. But I think going into that Trinidad game we thought we were in a good situation as well. It’s just about, again, focusing on what we need to do to make sure that when you guys write that headline, it says the U.S. is going to the World Cup.
The odds of a six-goal defeat at the sold-out Estadio Nacional are almost immeasurably small . But they’re not zero.