(Henry Romero/Reuters)MEXICO CITY – The U.S. national soccer team has been coming to Mexico for World Cup qualifiers since the 1940s, mustering a few draws and a tall stack of defeats. Three teams will receive automatic berths in the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Omar Gonzalez, Tim Ream and DaMarcus Beasley joined the five-man back line, with Beasley, 35, becoming the first U.S. player to appear in five World Cup qualifying cycles. With an unbeaten mark, Mexico threatened to clinch a World Cup berth by the next set of matches in September. “We were certainly positioned to get three points,” Arena said.

Source: Washington Post June 12, 2017 02:52 UTC