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    Five things to note about the U.S. team

    By Ives Galarcep, Special to ESPNsoccernet

    Thursday, September 11, 2008

    BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. -- Score some goals. That's all. It seemed like a simple enough refrain from fans of the U.S. national team, but it also came on the heels of two straight World Cup qualifying victories on the road. Two wins by a 1-0 margin weren't enough to quell fears about progress or to keep skeptics from questioning just what those wins against Guatemala and Cuba really meant. That brought us to Wednesday night. The Americans faced Trinidad & Tobago with a chance to make the type of st ...

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