USA vs. Panama: Illustrated box score

And to think we were worried. In a game that saw a month long lead up of handwringing takes about how the U.S. didn’t deserve to make the Men’s World Cup, takes about why it would be good for the U.S. to miss the Men’s World Cup, takes about who the U.S. would prefer to play in a qualifying playoff, takes about the roster decisions, and a letter from Bruce Arena to fans explaining that the team would try hard, the U.S. Men’s National Team came away with a 4-0 win to take 3rd place in the Hex heading into their final qualifying match on Tuesday.

In the end, all of the problems that face U.S. Soccer will still be there, they weren’t going anywhere with the U.S. missing the Men’s World Cup, but…