Former U.S. national team striker Landon Donovan had a harsh assessment of the team that failed to reach the 2018 World Cup, saying the Americans didn't deserve a spot in Russia after its calamitous qualifying campaign ended in a 2-1 defeat to Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday night.
The loss, combined with wins from Honduras and Panama, left the U.S. in fifth in the qualifying table, outside the automatic bid places and the intercontinental playoff spot on offer for the fourth-place finisher.
In an interview on MLSSoccer. com, Donovan said: "We all know in sports anything can happen, you can lose games, that's all part of it.