Bruce Arena, the head coach of the United States men's national soccer team, said he believes the country's immigration policy is providing motivation to CONCACAF opponents as the U.S. attempts to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
On Tuesday, Jeff Carlisle of ESPN FC passed along comments Arena made about the impact of the policy on people from other countries in the region, including Honduras, Tuesday night's counterpart.
"Our immigration policies are impacting people in Central America, right?" he said. "And there's probably a little bit of anger over that. Then your national sport gets a chance to play the U.