CONCACAF Hexagonal match preview: Costa Rica vs

Four minutes later he got behind well behind the USA defense again, had enough time to deke Guzan off his line, then beat the keeper easily. Nevertheless, Costa Rica at home, not only did not lost never to states, so only time in history was played in a draw, and it was in 1985.

With starting goalkeeper Tim Howard on the bench following surgery to fix a torn adductor, the Yanks were awful against Costa Rica, conceding three second-half goals as the Ticos scored a 4-0 blowout victory at the Estadio Nacional in San Jose, Costa Rica, and sent the Americans to the bottom of the table in CONCACAF’s final round of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup.

Jozy Altidore vies for the ball against Costa Rica in a 4-0 loss for the USA on Tuesday.

The 37-year-old United States goalkeeper will undergo season-ending surgery Thursday in Los Angeles, the Rapids announced Monday.

Klinsmann has always been a lightning rod for criticism, but his two recent losses to begin the fifth round of CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying have brought forth more consternation than ever. Wood slid the ball behind Navas in the 41st, but the US didn’t have anyone in front.

The match against Costa Rica will kick off tonight at 9:00.

Sunil Gulati gave some diplomatic answers in a roundtable interview with reporters before Friday’s loss to Mexico, as he seemed ready to back Klinsmann through the Hex.

Three minutes later and Campbell grabbed his second with nearly a carbon copy of his first.

Following the Costa Rica loss, Klinsmann did not directly criticize his players and said he still believed he was the right man to lead the team to Russian Federation when asked by reporters.

As it happens, Klinsi did make a significant blunder in the USA’s very first game of the Hex. It would give the flanks more cover to deal with Costa Rica’s quality on the flanks, while also giving the US some fullbacks who can get forward and overload Costa Rica’s defensive flanks as well. Costa Rica opened the scoring in the 44th minute, but they were sliced apart time and time again by the Ticos, and the result could have been even worse.

The Americans embarked on the qualifying odyssey with high hopes of snatching four points from the first two matches.

The United States will face Honduras on March 24 and Panama on March 28. That means it has an entire winter to work on what ailed them in the previous two games, which could lead to lineup switches or complete overhauls.

“I told the team at the end that in the last cycle, we lost here [away to Costa Rica], too”.

United States of America coach Jurgen Klinsmann, whose side have lost both their opening qualifying games, called it “the defeat that hurts most” of his five-year tenure.

“I think we have a group of guys who have experience, who’ve been in situations like this before, who understand it’s not always ideal”, he said.

“It doesn’t matter about the system”. They got off 10 shots, four on goal, in the first half and almost scoring in the 14th minute on a Bryan Ruiz bicycle kick that the surprised Guzan stopped with his face.

Looking a bit shocked, Jurgen Klinsmann called it a “bitter moment” four times in 14 minutes and also a “bitter pill to swallow” during his post-match news conference. Despite their health, they still pack one of the best sides in CONCACAF with more than enough strength to batter the Americans.

The US national team’s Costa Rican nightmare continues.

It appears as if the Americans are in for a long break before their next World Cup qualifier.