There was a corner kick, and a wayward handball, and in a flash of lightning the U.S. men’s national team was on the brink, staring into the Copa America abyss.
If there ever was a margin for error, there certainly isn’t one now.
Of course the U.S. opened its sojourn at the Copa America Centenario last Friday with a sullen 2-0 loss to Colombia. That sunk the Americans to the bottom of Group A, and the minus-2 goal differential paints the remaining two games against Costa Rica and Paraguay in a desperate light. The U.