Washington Post · Jun 17, 2021
USMNT’s World Cup qualifying schedule is set. Hazards await.
The U.S. men’s national team’s path to the 2022 World Cup will begin in San Salvador, pass through the usual soccer hotspots in Central America and the Caribbean, and, for a change, swing north.
The opponents are set. Home venues are being arranged. And in a seven-month scramble beginning Sept. 2, the Americans will seek redemption for their 2018 qualifying fiasco by booking a ticket to Qatar.
The region known as Concacaf will conduct an eight-team final round, with three countries advancing to the World Cup and a fourth entering an intercontinental playoff.