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U.S. don't want revenge vs. Trinidad & Tobago after World Cup woe. They just want to win the Gold Cup

BEREA, Ohio -- "Revenge is for suckers. I've been griftin' for 30 years, I never got any."

Paul Newman's character Henry Gondorff said it in the movie "The Sting," and the same sentiment holds true for the U.S. men's national team ahead of its Gold Cup group stage game against Trinidad & Tobago on Saturday night.

It was the Soca Warriors who defeated the U.S. 2-1 on that infamous night in Couva, Trinidad back in 2017, a result that knocked the Americans out of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup. The repercussions weren't immediate, but they eventually did arrive.