Tonight's the night. Win and in. Tie and maybe in. But it looks good for the fellas to make the WC again.
Here's the breakdown.
If the U.S. beats Trinidad and Tobago
It qualifies for the 2018 World Cup by finishing in third place in the CONCACAF region.
If the U.S. ties Trinidad and Tobago -
The U.S. will almost certainly still qualify for the World Cup. The only way the U.S. could drop out of third place would be if Panama beats Costa Rica by eight goals or Honduras beats Mexico by 12 goals. In the unthinkable event that both those happened, a tie would eliminate the U.S. If one of them happened, a tie would put the U.S. into a playoff against either Australia or Syria in November.
If the U.S. loses to Trinidad and Tobago - then if Panama beats Costa Rica and Honduras beats Mexico, then the U.S. would be eliminated and miss out on the World Cup for the first time since 1986. If Panama and Honduras lose, the U.S. would still qualify in third place. And if Panama or Honduras win but the other ties or loses, then the U.S. would finish fourth and go into that Syria/Australia playoff.
Apparently the field in TnT was completely under water and the playing conditions will be awful tonight. The field is now surrounded by a huge moat if water. Big surprise there.
Jesus this is bad.
What a disgrace.
Roman Torres of all fucking people.
You cannot lose WC at home and expect to qualify.
Who knew?
No question.
He gives Bucknell grads a bad name!!!
Yup.
Yes, because only those who root for the USMNT will watch.
SMH
Awesome.
Absolute garbage.
Complete embarrassment.
Netherlands is out. US is out.
Is Argentina out?
Netherlands is out. US is out.
Is Argentina out?
Argentina in Chile out
I’m so tired of this team having marginal midfield talent, and the center backs are terrible.
Lmao.
This is an absolute nightmare, but greatteams in the past have been born from this kind of thing.
But this is absolutely horrific.
Well, they literally stopped trying altogether under him. But the backline is dogshit regardless of who's in charge.
FIFA did fine before the US cared about soccer. I'll bet they're laughing their asses off
And that's on Gulati. Star struck asshole.