The U.S. Men’s National Team may not have gone into the match last night expecting to win, but they should have at least felt confident. The team was at home, playing a Costa Rica side they had beaten 2-0 in July, and were riding a 14 game unbeaten streak under the second tenure of coach Bruce Arena. However, only four of those matches have been in World Cup Qualifying with the others being friendlies or coming from spurious results in an off year Gold Cup. The team hasn’t looked great in all of those matches, but it took until last night for the USMNT to get their first loss since last November.
USMNT vs. Costa Rica: What we learned
