The U.S. men's national team's back is against the wall in World Cup qualifying, but it has a chance to seize control of its own destiny when it hosts Panama at Orlando City Stadium in Florida (7:35 p.m. ET, ESPN2, Univision).
The USA enters the day in fourth place in CONCACAF's World Cup qualifying table, with the top three assured berths in Russia 2018 and fourth place sent to an intercontinental playoff against either Australia or Syria. In order to avoid the latter–or worse, miss out altogether–Bruce Arena's side must bounce back at home, where it's uncharacteristically dropped two qualifiers during the Hex. The Americans trail third-place Panama by a point and cannot cement an…
