The U.S. men’s national team moved a step closer to qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with a dominant 3-0 win over Honduras in frigid Minnesota weather.
The Americans got off to a great start with a Weston McKennie set-piece header inside 10 minutes, and then they put the game out of reach just before halftime. Star forward Christian Pulisic came off the bench in the final 25 minutes to get a goal that helped the USA pad its goal difference, which could come into play as a tiebreaker in a case the Americans are even with other teams in the standings.
The USA now sits in second place on 21 points and an automatic berth to the 2022 World Cup is very much within reach in the final three qualifying matches that will be played in March. Two of those games will be road trips at Mexico and Costa Rica with a home game against Panama that could turn out to be the clincher or a World Cup qualifying celebration.
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Honduras was already eliminated heading into the match, rooted in last place in the qualifying table. Outside of a brief spell of 20 minutes following the USA’s goal, the Catrachos were never really in the game. And when the USA brought in fresh legs in attack, the visitors had all they could do to prevent the USA from expanding the margin of victory.
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