Four years after missing soccer’s biggest event for the first time since 1986, the USMNT effectively clinched a spot in this year’s World Cup with a 5-1 win over Panama on Sunday night.
After the final whistle, fireworks went off and the sold-out crowd at Exploria Stadium let out a roar. But it was a very workmanlike response by the USMNT, who simply slapped hands with each other on their way onto the field.
The most goals the Ticos have scored against the USMNT is four, coming in the last World Cup qualifier in Costa Rica in 2016. That was Jurgen Klinsmann’s last game as the U.S. coach. Of the 11 starters Sunday night, all but five play in Europe. Big clubs, too. Pulisic and Zack Steffen are in the English Premier League, while Antonee Robinson’s Fulham is the top team in the Championship, the next level down. Yunus Musah is in Spain and Tyler Adams is in Germany.
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