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A20 SPORTS
Monday 30 January 2017

U.S. tain Michael Bradley said. the 69th.
“We feel good about the Benny Feilhaber, now 31,
coach work that has gone in the entered in the 77th in his first
last few weeks in terms of appearance since Janu-
Continued from Page 17 re-establishing what we ary 2014. A member of the
need to be about and 2010 U.S. World Cup ros-
He opened with a tie making sure when the big ter under Bob Bradley, he
against Australia in 1998 moments of the real games played in just three games
and was fired following the come around this year, under Klinsmann.
team’s first-round elimina- that we have a real clear The best scoring chances
tion in a loss to Ghana at idea of who we are and were just before the final
the 2006 World Cup, then the ways we can be suc- whistle. U.S. goalkeeper
returned to Major League cessful. Across the board, Nick Rimando made diving
Soccer and led the LA Gal- it has been a really good parry to his right on Lazar
axy to three league titles. few weeks. Regardless of Jovanovic’s angled 10-
He used mostly U.S.-based the results today it wasn’t yard shot in 89th. The U.S.
players following a three- going to change our feel- countered, and Chris Pon-
week training camp. ing on that.” tius slid a shot just wide af-
“It’s another step along The U.S. plays Jamaica ter Juan Agudelo failed to
the way,” American cap- on Friday in an exhibition get an attempt off.
at Chattanooga, Tennes- “At the end of the day we
see, then resumes qualify- could be better with our
United States’ Jozy Altidore
(17) gets past Serbia’s Filip ing. After losing its first two chances,” Arena said. “We
Manojlovic during a friendly games in the final round could have been cleaner
soccer match Sunday, Jan. of the North and Central in the final third of the field,
29, 2017, in San Diego. Altidore American and Caribbean whether that was getting
wasn’t able to get his shot off. region, the U.S. hosts Hon- our shot or being cleaner
Associated Press duras on March 24 at San with our passes.”
Jose, California, and plays Markings on the field were
four days later at Panama. still visible from the last San
The top three nations in the Diego Chargers’ game be-
hexagonal qualify for the fore the team announced
2018 tournament in Rus- its move to Los Angeles, a
sia and the No. 4 finisher loss to Kansas City on Jan.
goes to a playoff, so there 1.With Brad Guzan among
is time to recover. “To be the Europe-based play-
honest with you if we won ers not available and Tim
5-0 today or lost 5-0, I’m Howard recovering from
not sure it would change leg surgery, the 37-year-
our world for March,” Are- old Rimando started in
na said. “These games are goal. Arena used a 4-2-3-
important, especially for 1 formation that had Gra-
our domestic players. But ham Zusi at right back with
the games that are going Steve Birnbaum and Chad
to count are the ones in Marshall in the center and
March. That’s where you Greg Garza at left back.
can look at me and can Bradley and Jermaine
get really critical.” Jones were in defensive
Jozy Altidore became midfield, with Sacha Kl-
the 17th American men’s jestan in an advanced
player to make 100 interna- midfield role, Alejandro
tional appearances, at 27 Bedoya on the right flank
years, 84 days the second- and Darlington Nagbe on
youngest behind Landon the left.
Donovan (26 years, 96 Altidore was the lone for-
days). Sebastian Lletget, ward.
a 24-year-old midfielder, Usually a midfielder, Zusi
entered at the start of the made his first international
second half in his national start at right back. Marshall
team debut. Chris Pontius, had not played for the U.S.
a 29-year-old midfielder, since January 2010 against
made his debut in the Honduras and Rimando
65th and Jorge Villafana, since April 2015 versus
a 27-year-old defender, in Mexico.q