The U.S. men’s national team’s path to the 2022 World Cup will begin in San Salvador, pass through the usual soccer hotspots in Central America and the Caribbean, and, for a change, swing north.
The opponents are set. Home venues are being arranged. And in a seven-month scramble beginning Sept. 2, the Americans will seek redemption for their 2018 qualifying fiasco by booking a ticket to Qatar.
The region known as Concacaf will conduct an eight-team final round, with three countries advancing to the World Cup and a fourth entering an intercontinental playoff.