The United States will not be playing at the World Cup for the first time since 1986.
The Americans' 2-1 defeat to Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday night ended a run of qualifying for seven straight World Cups -- the longest streak in CONCACAF.
The only way the U.S. could have been eliminated Tuesday night is with a loss and wins by both Panama and Honduras, who were both facing opponents that had already clinched a World Cup berth.
ESPN's Soccer Power Index projected only a 3 percent chance that all three events would happen tonight, and thus eliminate the U.