Dempsey grabs hat-trick as United States hammer Honduras 6-0

“It was against Israel, in Beer-Sheva”. I’m sure, whatever the result, the reaction from fans and pundits alike will be salient, composed, and of the highest ilk now that we’re rid of Mr. Helicopter. Arenas choices contained several surprises, both unexpected players who were included and players who unexpectedly were left off. “It’s no problem, we have done a good job”. Bradley talked about the adjustment to Arena after years with Klinsmann.

Meet the new coach, same as the old coach.

In all likelihood, the United States will get the results they need.

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“Our next qualifier, against Honduras at home, is a must-win”. Arena steers clear of buzzwords like proactive and reactive and the jargon of football’s technocrats.

The game was the first World Cup qualifier in Bruce Arena’s second stint as USA coach.

One source with ties to the Honduran national team told Goal that Honduras’ decision to train at Florida Gulf Coast University rather than Northern California was a cost-saving measure, and not a move forced by a lack of training fields in the San Jose area. Since producing straight face satire is a dying art (and consumption of such is already long dead), you should probably be skeptical of that last paragraph just as you would be when you read from a trusted source that Timmy Chandler’s been benched at Frankfurt. After a day/night of voting, we’ll tabulate the ratings and reveal them with the top rated player being named our site’s Man of the Match. “The heat, the humidity, the travel and altitude. In the end, those are thing we’ve all dealt with before and to not be able to walk out of there with a point was very disappointing”.

In the 27th minute the U.S. doubled their lead when Bradley skipped clear of the Honduras defence before aiming an angled shot into the bottom corner for his 16th global goal on his 129th appearance.

On Friday, the US faces Honduras in San Jose Calif., a match televised on Fox Sports 1 and Spanish-language UniMás at 10:30 p.m. (ET).

The Americans should be rooting for Mexico, their archrival, and Costa Rica.

Arena is also known for setting the right tone. “We’re at the bottom. Right now, we’re sixth in a pool of six competing teams”. Pulisic scored just seconds into the second half, but his assists stole the show especially his floated pass to Clint Dempsey on the first of his three goals on the evening. It’s a patented style for Honduras and one that they use a lot in away matches.

The U.S. next head to Panama City to battle Panama Tuesday night.

Howard was back after groin surgery kept him off the national team since November. This is indispensable journalism, brought to you by the largest, most experienced newsroom in the region. While they have plenty of experience in these types of games, they’re lacking pretty heavily in the speed department.

Arena turned to some of America’s most experienced players to salvage the World Cup hopes as defender Geoff Cameron, goalkeeper Tim Howard and Dempsey rejoined the team after various ailments had sidelined them.

It has happened to countless teams in the past, some of them great ones.

Lletget is an Arena favorite due to their time with the Galaxy. After suffering through months of medical issues connected to an irregular heartbeat Dempsey got healthy just in the nick of time to be called up by Arena. Also absent was Eintracht Frankfurt right back/midfielder Timmy Chandler who is suspended for the first game (yellow-card accumulation).