Game Recap: USA 6, Honduras 0

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty ImagesOh how quick the mood can change. Going into the game, I felt more nervousness than excitement, but five minutes into the game I felt like the US were the best team in the world. That performance last night was exactly what this team, nation, and fanbase needed from the first game under Bruce Arena.

In the pregame show, the crew asked what they thought Bruce Arena would be saying to the team before they took the field, with a game of this magnitude only minutes away. The answer was: be aggressive, get the first tackle, first foul, first shot, first goal. This was what was stuck in my head all game. I chuckled when the US got the first tackle, when Jozy Altidore…