Since Bruce Arena called the U.S. national team into training camp last month, he has tried to keep the spotlight on one game: Thursday’s World Cup qualifier against Trinidad and Tobago.
“We’ve stressed for 10 days that the focus has to be Trinidad,” Michael Bradley said Wednesday. “They’re a good team. They’re dangerous. We are not, in any way, looking past tomorrow night.”
That may easier said than done, though, because next up on the calendar is Sunday’s qualifier in Mexico City. And although the Americans have dominated the qualifying series with Trinidad and Tobago — going unbeaten in nine home games and last giving up a goal to the Soca Warriors in the U.