Photo: Kyle terada/ReutersSAN JOSE, Calif.—All week coach Bruce Arena swore that a different U.S. team would take the field Friday night in a crucial World Cup qualifying match here against Honduras. On a soggy Friday night, Pulisic put on a clinic Donovan could have watched with envy. No matter: Lletget, a 24-year-old making his first start in World Cup qualifying, was sprinting in from the right to put home the loose ball. ​The U.S. men entered the game in last place in World Cup qualifying in the region and desperate for points. The formula helped him guide Costa Rica to the World Cup quarterfinals in Brazil in 2014.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 25, 2017 06:11 UTC