Just how important was Thursday’s victory over Trinidad and Tobago for the US national team?
According to ESPN’s Paul Carr, the win – coupled with the other Hex results on Thursday – means the US now have an 83 percent chance of qualifying for the World Cup.
The US currently sit in third-place halfway through the CONCACAF Hexagonal with a 2-2-1 record. The top-three teams in the six-nation Hex will automatically qualify for next summer’s World Cup, while the fourth-place finisher will take on an Asian country in a home-and-home playoff for a spot in Russia.
The Americans will play at Hexagonal leaders Mexico on Sunday night (8:30 pm ET | FS1, Univision, UDN).
