The nerves will be jangling tonight watching the U.S. national team in their World Cup qualifier against Honduras in San Jose. Losing their first two games in the Hex has created quite the uphill climb for the USMNT, and they have a minuscule margin for error.
In fact, only one team in Hex history ever started out worse than the U.S. has this time around. Canada in 1997 had a goal difference of -7 at this stage to go with their two losses. Trinidad and Tobago had the exact same record in 2005, and clawed their way into the fourth spot and defeated Bahrain in the inter-continental playoff to reach the World Cup in Germany the following year.