Jurgen Klinsmann is searching for answers, and needs to find them quickly.
There's no positive spin to put on this result.
On Friday night, the United States lost a competitive soccer match to Guatemala for the first time since the Reagan Administration, a streak that had lasted 21 games over a 28-year span. An ugly start saw the U.S. trailing 2-0 after 15 minutes in one of its poorest played halves in recent memory.
Away qualifiers in Central America are notoriously challenging; this is well established. But a draw was always the minimum acceptable result in Guatemala.