The United States men’s national team return to World Cup Qualifying tonight to kick off a crucial stretch of three matches that will go a long ways in determining their qualification fate. Beginning with a home match against El Salvador in Columbus, Gregg Berhalter’s side are in prime position to qualify if they take care of business during this awkwardly timed window in January-February.
Entering this window, the prognosis for the player pool is fair. There are still some glaring absences such as Gio Reyna who is still coming back from the injury he suffered two windows ago.