How to watch United States of America vs. Honduras

Or will Honduras take a major step toward sealing up their own spot in Russian Federation by dealing what could be a fatal blow to the United States squad?

Clint Dempsey and Christian Pulisic helped the United States get their World Cup qualifying campaign back on track with a 6-0 thrashing of Honduras.

“For sure, there’s always the possibility that you’re not going to be able to come back to be at that level”, Dempsey said. They need a win to start their path out of the basement of the Hexagonal.

Bradley, given his debut by Arena in 2006, doubled the lead when he took a pass from Alejando Bedoya, cut to his left, took four touches and cut the ball back to beat Escobar with one-hopper from about 25 yards.

However, Dempsey has played almost every second of this season for Seattle, and he’s already got two goals in three games. “This gives a pretty good indication of how much has changed in the U.S. program since 1973”. After a nightmare start to the Hex in November with losses to Mexico and Costa Rica, the USSF fired Jurgen Klinsmann and hired Bruce Arena for his second stint in charge of the national team with the sole objective of qualifying for the World Cup. The U.S. jumped from sixth place to fourth due to tiebreakers. Jordan Morris suffered an ankle injury as well. With Arena in charge, the United States has said goodbye to their reform process and has appointed a back-to-basics head coach. In its first qualifier since 2005 under Bruce Arena, it posted one of its most one-side victories.

“He prepared us really well, we were looking at tape all week, we were organized, we were all on the same page”, Dempsey said.

“I just remember us being slow to react all afternoon and a little bit sluggish and you see that on both of the goals we gave away”. Then he plays late Sunday afternoon in Seattle, he comes in late Sunday night here, Monday he does a little bit of training, and he feels good.

But as the Americans and their rowdy supporters gather Friday at Avaya Stadium for the third of 10 final-round qualifiers, the passage has grown pocked with peril.

Clint Dempsey was practically dragged down by the Honduras defense on the way to his first goal. Jozy Altidore and Christian Pulisic played a nifty combination to free up the Dortmund youngster whose initial shot was partially blocked by Honduran keeper Donis Escober. CONCACAF road games are not easy to win. He’s got exceptional skill, vision, he’s pretty smooth. While the three Liga MX players are Omar Gonzalez, Michael Orozco and Jorge Villafana. The best achievement of the U.S. is the semifinal in 1930.

It’s a big game for Arena.

While the USA looked to take the lead into halftime, the goal instead galvanized Honduras, who struck back three minutes later. The vision, the touch, the confidence – this was an outing that will be talked about for years to come. History tells us that the United States will qualify for next year’s soccer extravaganza and, depending on pairings and performance, cope just fine against the titans of the sport. It’s those five and Steve Birnbaum, then Chris Wondolowski (who’ll be on the bench), then Alan Gordon, and then I don’t know who else, but the point is, there will be a ton of decent aerial threats in the box for hosts.

Less than 10 minutes later Lletget was clipped from behind by Ever Alvarado, a foul that earned Alvarado a yellow card and Lletget an early exit. “Whether he likes it or not, he’s traveling”. Smaller, more intimate venues allow U.S. Soccer to exercise greater control over ticket sales, ensuring a loud and patriotic home crowd.