It took a long, agonizing time for the shock of not qualifying for 2018 to wear off, which has made the joy of seeing the USMNT get the job done in 2022 even sweeter.
With the goal of qualifying for the World Cup achieved, and the opponents for the final tournament to be revealed in less than a day, USMNT head coach Gregg Berhalter says the team is ready to deal with any and all comers.
The United States men’s national team booked their passage to the World Cup, but it was not the way they wanted to finish CONCACAF qualifying as they fell to Costa Rica on Wednesday night in San Jose.
Regardless of the players that Gregg Berhalter selects on Thursday when the USMNT hosts El Salvador, there will be one debutant in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying: Video Assistant Refereeing, better known as VAR.
Now that the latest window for the CONCACAF Word Cup Qualifiers has just slammed shut with the USA putting in an almost flawless performance against our Mexican neighbors, we at Yanks Abroad have had a bit of time to think deep thoughts and see visions of goals being put into the back of Guillermo Ochoa’s net.