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Herculez Gomez delves into the 2026 World Cup hopes of the United States after Bruce Arena's recent comments.

One U.S. starter is rounding into form. Another just returned from a long layoff, and several youngsters are pushing for inclusion either on Bruce Arena's roster for June's World Cup qualifiers against Trinidad and Tobago and at Mexico, the CONCACAF Gold Cup in July, or both.

The priority, of course, is the former.

"We have to get results in these two games," Arena said last week on a conference call with reporters.