SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- Any hope the United States men's national team had of using Tuesday's CONCACAF Nations League game against El Salvador as a quasi-dress rehearsal for the FIFA World Cup faded away when the team arrived at Cuscatlan Stadium for training Monday night.
They were aware the weather forecast called for rain, but minutes into the first warm-up drill it became clear the field wasn't going to hold up. Even light jogging left tracks of mud in the previously undisturbed grass, and that was before the rain really started to come down.