The road back to the World Cup begins tonight for the United States, as Gregg Berhalter takes charge for his first major tournament as head coach of the USMNT against Guyana.
The Golden Jaguars have never played on the regional stage, and will be a longshot to make the knockout stages with other regional regulars Panama and Trinidad waiting in the wings. But making it out of the group stages is no longer a sure thing for the US.
The Americans are still wary of their World Cup qualifying loss at Trinidad two years ago, and don’t call this group stage match a revenge game - all Trinidad did was keep the US home with them from Russia.