Oct. 10, 2017, is a day that still sends shudders through the U.S. soccer ecosystem. It was on that day that the U.S. men's national team lost 2-1 to Trinidad and Tobago and, combined with an otherworldly confluence of events, the result saw the U.S. eliminated from qualification for the 2018 World Cup.
The aftereffects were seismic. Bruce Arena resigned as U.S. manager a few days later. U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati ultimately decided not to seek reelection. The result also ushered in a new generation of players, a group that ultimately qualified for the 2022 edition of the World Cup in Qatar, with the U.