re: ITS GAME DAY!!!!! USA vs Jamaica|8:30pm ct|BEin|

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Important to note for those who don't follow qualifying very closely, but the loss at Jamaica was in the previous round. We were never in any real danger of not advancing. 

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Might want to shake that Magic 8 Ball up and get another answer. Had we lost to Guatemala in the final game, we would have been eliminated on goal differential.

Had we not been rescued by Alan fricking Gordon in the 90th minute against A&B, we could have been eliminated with a draw in the Guatemala game.

Make no mistake, our performance in the first stage of qualifying was poor. I'll temper that by saying we were denied a penalty at the end of the Guatemala game and the pitch was terrible at A&B, but our play left a lot more to chance than what should have been, and being eliminated in the last round was not that far away.

I believe the team has learned that lesson, and will be focused on the result tonight. At least, that's what I hope.