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USA vs. Trinidad & Tobago game notes

Wednesday, 15 October 08, 03:24 AM

Eighteen players are eligible to dress for both the U.S. and Trinidad & Tobago, and must wear 1-18 for jersey numbers.
Michael Bradley is suspended for this match after picking up his second yellow card of the qualifying campaign this past Saturday against Cuba. Any player accumulating two cautions in the Semifinal Round will be suspended for the next FIFA World Cup qualifier.
T&T defender Cyd Gray is suspended after picking up two yellow cards in the last game against Guatemala. Forward Anthony White is also unavailable through card accumulation.
The U.S. has an undefeated 9-0-2 record in qualifying against Trinidad & Tobago, including an unblemished 3-0-1 record in Trinidad. Overall, the U.S. is 14-1-3 lifetime against the Soca Warriors, with 28 goals scored and 11 shutouts posted. Equally impressive is the fact that the U.S. has only given up one goal against T&T in the last eight meetings dating back to 1996.
Dating back to the Final Round of 2006 qualifying, the U.S. has won seven consecutive qualifiers, a team record. The six straight victories in the 2010 campaign also set a team record for most consecutive wins in one cycle.
In the 6-1 win against Cuba, DaMarcus Beasley recorded multiple goals in a game for the first time since June 12, 2007, a 4-0 victory against El Salvador in group play of the Gold Cup. Those were also the last two goals scored by Beasley in a U.S. kit prior to last Saturday.
Beasley made his first-ever appearance in a World Cup qualifier in the USA’s last match of the 2002 qualifying tournament against Trinidad & Tobago. Beasley only managed 45 minutes of the 0-0 draw on Nov. 11, 2001, at Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, as a he received a concussion at the midway point of the first half and had to be replaced after the break.
With the victory, the U.S. became the second team from CONCACAF to move on to the hexagonal. Earlier in the day, Costa Rica clinched their place in the final round with a 4-1 win against Suriname.
Fourteen players on the roster have 10 caps or fewer, and seven are in search of their first appearance in a World Cup qualifier. Two players, Michael Orozco and Troy Perkins are looking for their first-ever cap for the full team.
Three players on the roster appeared in the USA’s last meeting against T&T, a 3-0 win in World Cup qualifying on Sept. 10 in Bridgeview, Ill.: Beasley, Kljestan, and Pearce (all three were starters).
Trinidad & Tobago have 11 players on the current roster who were part of the 2006 FIFA World Cup squad.
Heath Pearce is one of two players to appear in all six of the USA’s World Cup qualifiers this year. Michael Bradley is the other.
The goal by Cuba forward Jenzy Muñoz in the 32nd minute on Saturday ended a 582-minute shutout streak for the U.S. defense that dated back to the 79th minute of the 1-0 loss to Spain on June 4 in Santander.
The goal also ended the USA’s run of 24 unanswered goals at home in World Cup qualifying dating back to the 1-1 tie against Jamaica on Nov. 17, 2004, in Columbus, Ohio.
Brian Ching and Clint Dempsey are tied for the U.S. lead in goals scored in the current qualifying campaign with four goals each. Landon Donovan now has nine career qualifying goals, one behind the USA’s all-time leader Brian McBride.
In the latest FIFA World Rankings issued this week, the U.S. moved up seven places to 21st and is now ranked as the top team in CONCACAF ahead of Mexico, who remained 24th.
The U.S. boasts a 14-2-6 all-time record against Caribbean nations during World Cup qualifying, with a 32-1-5 overall record at home against teams from the Caribbean.
The U.S. has posted an 8-2-2 record in 2008, which includes six straight victories in FIFA World Cup qualifying, a road win against Poland and a 0-0 draw against then No. 1-ranked Argentina. Overall, the U.S. has scored 27 goals while surrendering only six.