On Saturday, September 3 at 02:00 in the 5th round match qualifying for the World Cup 2018 in Trinidad and Tobago national team in his field will take command of Guatemala. The game kicks off at 7.06 p.m.
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A Trinidad and Tobago win over Guatemala later on Friday would put the USA through to the final six-team CONCACAF qualifying round.
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“Our message for players coming into … the two World Cup qualifiers is very clear: Approach it with a lot of urgency”, Coach Juergen Klinsmann said.
Kyle Beckerman was in midfield with Alejandro Bedoya, Graham Zusi and Fabian Johnson. The U.S. will be playing Friday without captain Michael Bradley, who is suspended for yellow-card accumulation in June’s Copa America, while forward Clint Dempsey, midfielders Gyasi Zardes and Jermaine Jones and defender John Brooks are all out with health or injury issues.
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Meanwhile, Brad Guzan has already been named the starter in goal Friday and Cup veteran Tim Howard will start in goal for Tuesday’s game. A Soca Warriors win would have mathematically eliminated Guatemala from 2nd place in the group, thereby allowing the Americans to join T&T in the Hex. Here are the possible scenarios heading into the USMNT’s Tuesday night match against Trinidad & Tobago in Jacksonville. Guatemala would host St Vincent and the Grenadines, who are cemented at the bottom of the group with zero points, on the final match day on Tuesday and Trinidad and Tobago would travel to the US. Guests need only a victory today at the other hands, the chance to take even a second place in the group, The Scream Team.
