Time
COUVA, Trinidad and Tobago — Some of the United States players made their way over to the bench, begging for information that then broke their hearts. Others quizzed a nearby television crew for updates, praying for a miracle.
None came.
At the end of a bizarre and ultimately catastrophic night for American soccer, that is what it came down to, seeking salvation in news from Panama City and San Pedro Sula, after the national team was unable to save itself.
It wasn’t just a soulless 2-1 defeat to already eliminated Trinidad and Tobago, loser of eight of its previous nine games, that means the USA will not be at a World Cup for the first time since 1986.