Just days after a confidence boosting and eyebrow raising 6-0 win over Honduras, the United States will have to prove whether the first World Cup qualifier under Bruce Arena as a fluke or a statement.
The USMNT will face Panama in qualifying for the first time since the US eliminated Panama from the 2014 World Cup with two late goals back in 2013. The win would’ve kept Los Caneleros in the playoff spot by finishing fourth on a tiebreaker with Mexico. Instead, El Tri moved on to the playoff and defeated New Zealand on aggregate to reach Brazil 2014.