High Stakes, Oddities and How the USMNT Is Approaching a Decisive Qualifier it Can Lose By 5

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By Brian Straus How do you approach a match you can lose by five? By not changing anything at all. With a berth in Qatar on the line in a place the U.S. has never won, it’s all business. SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica — Following four goals and 45 minutes of dominance that left the Orlando crowd buzzing and the American men on the threshold of the World Cup, DeAndre Yedlin and Tim Weah, who were suspended for last Sunday’s qualifier against Panama, made their way from a suite down to the Exploria Stadium locker room. “We walked into the locker room at halftime, and it was dead in there,” Yedlin said. “I…

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