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USMNT World Cup Appeal Talk Surfaces After 'Phantom Panama Goal'

The United States men's national team could launch an appeal against a "phantom goal" Panama scored to help them beat Costa Rica while their own defeat to Trinidad and Tobago saw them miss out on 2018 World Cup qualification.

Roger Gonzalez of CBS Sports reported the U.S. may have the slightest glimmer of hope appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which states the body "shall be entitled to hear appeals against final decisions passed by CONCACAF."

Gonzalez also dimmed the hopes of Americans hoping for any goals or results to be overturned, however, as U.