SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras – Bruce Arena paced the sideline, his U.S. national soccer team trailing by a goal while time melted away on both Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier against Honduras and the hopes of staying in prime position for ticket to Russia next summer.
“I was thinking,” he said later, “we might have an early vacation at the end of this year.”
Substitute Bobby Wood then turned the American fortunes in the 85th minute, scoring on a chaotic and desperate sequence inside the penalty area to forge a 1-1 draw at a sweltering madhouse known as Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano.