The United States Men’s National Team hammered Honduras on Wednesday, 3-0, to move to the brink of qualifying for the World Cup held later this year.
The result is of little surprise because Honduras is terrible, ranked 76th in the world and winless in its past 14 matches.
It should have been a fun night for the Americans, who could have packed a big stadium somewhere, run up the score and gained valuable time together in conditions that might remotely be akin to November's World Cup in Qatar.
Instead US Soccer staged the game on a slick, frozen pitch in St.