Everyone’s saying it, but it bears repeating: the USMNT need points, and they need them right now. All three will be the goal for Bruce Arena and his men in San Jose on Friday night, and anything less than that might not be a complete disaster, but will certainly be a failure.
Unfortunately for the U.S., the roster of available players for the next two games already looks very different from the one Arena originally called a week ago. Injuries have taken their toll, with Bobby Wood and Fabian Johnson bowing out and joining DeAndre Yedlin and Eric Lichaj on the shelf of players who would have been here if healthy.