Recently in U.S. Men's National Team Category

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*In praise of Galaxy GM and Coach Bruce Arena.

*For Real Salt Lake MLS Cup equals redemption.

* Former Chivas USA Coach Preki was officially unveiled as Toronto's new coach today. Wonder how much longer Amado Guevara will be around?

*Want to party like it's 1989? Former UCLA and Galaxy defender Paul Caligiuri will be honored tonight at Original Mike's in Orange County on the 20th anniversary of the "shot heard 'round the world." The event begins at 7 p.m.

*MLS has set the expansion draft for the new Philadelphia Union for Wednesday afternoon. From the MLS press release:

Philadelphia will select the core of their inaugural squad in a 10-round draft next Wednesday. Teams can participate in a half-day trade window on Monday until Noon ET. All 15 MLS teams are required to submit their lists of protected players to the League by 3 p.m. ET on Monday, Nov. 23. ... Philadelphia Union may not claim more than one player from any given team in MLS - five teams will not have a player taken in the expansion draft.

* The U.S. fell 3-1 to Denmark Wednesday.

*France is in the World Cup helped by a disputed missed hand ball; the Irish want a replay.

Briefly:

*The initial 36,000 tickets for MLS Cup Sunday in Seattle sold out, so another 6,000 tickets have been put on sale. Details here.

*As unlikely as the Galaxy's run to MLS Cup was, Real Salt Lake's performance was even less expected. Reaction here.

*U.S. Coach Bob Bradley called in the Houston Dynamo midfield duo of Ricardo Clark and Stuart Holden and Tigres defender Edgar Castillo for Wednesday's game against Demark. Steve Cherundolo, Clint Dempsey and Chad Marshall were released. José Francisco Torres, who was initially called into camp for the game, has been excused for personal reasons.

* College roundup. In addition, the Loyola Marymount men (10-8-2, 5-5-2 WCC) beat Saint Mary's 2-0 Sunday. An at-large spot in the NCAA tournament is possible for the Lions who finished third in the conference. The draw is set for 5:30 p.m. today on ESPNews.

Updated noon:

Former Chivas USA Coach Preki is in talks with Toronto.

Dont forget: We'll find out who the Galaxy play next Sunday at MLS Cup in Seattle - Real Salt Lake or Chicago Fire - at 5 p.m. on Fox Soccer Channel.

(AP Photo)

A below-strength U.S. team lost 1-0 to Slovakia today in Bratislava, Chivas USA's Jonathan Bornstein being called for what was a very harsh penalty decision in the 26th minute (I think this is the moment, above, he 'brought down" Vladimir Weiss). That was Slovakia's only first half shot.

Not a thriller by any means. And no U.S. player really caught the eye, including Eddie Johnson who came out of the international wilderness on as a sub.

Rolling Hills Estates' Robbie Rogers went the full 90 U.S.; Chivas USA midfielder Sacha Kljestan came on in the 82nd minute to make his first appearance since the Confederations Cup.

U.S. lineup: 18-Brad Guzan; 6-Steve Cherundolo, 2-Jonathan Spector, 3-Carlos Bocanegra (capt.) (25-Clarence Goodson, 72), 12-Jonathan Bornstein; 19-Robbie Rogers (16-Sacha Kljestan, 82), 5-Benny Feilhaber, 4-Michael Bradley, 8-Clint Dempsey (28-Dax McCarty, 72); 17-Jozy Altidore (32-Jeff Cunningham, 82), 9-Conor Casey (36-Eddie Johnson, 46)
Subs not used: 15-Jimmy Conrad, 35-Marcus Hahnemann

Next: in Denmark Wednesday.

Lineup changes/roster additions are expected.

TV note: The game will kickoff on ESPN Classic live at 11:30 p.m. and then switch over to ESPN2 immediately following the conclusion of the UEFA qualifying playoff match between Ukraine and Greece.

Finally, Friday's college roundup is here.

*The Loyola Marymount men (9-8-2, 4-5-2 WCC) drew 2-2 with Santa Clara Friday, allowing the equalizer with a mere seven seconds on the clock. The Lions remain eleigible for a post-season at-large bid going into Sunday's season finale at Saint Mary's.

Plenty of other soccer on TV in addition to tonight's Galaxy-Dynamo game, while local colleges enter post-season play this weekend.

TV best bets
11 o'clock tonight Fox Soccer Channel New Zealand-Bahrain (World Cup qualifier with former Galaxy man Simon Elliot on the NZ squad).
7 a.m. Saturday FSC Slovakia-U.S.
9 a.m. Saturday FSC Brazil-England
12:55 p.m. Saturday ESPND Argentina-Spain
5 p.m. Saturday FSC Eastern Conference final Chicago Fire-Real Salt Lake

College games
UCLA-Boise State 5:30 p.m. today Drake Stadium. (The final UCLA men's game of the regular season against San Diego State follows at 7 p.m.).

USC-Oklahoma State in Santa Clara

CSUDH women-Dixie State (Utah) at noon today at Cal State L.A.

CSUDH men-Sonoma State at 4 p.m. today at Cal State L.A.

Chivas USA's Jonathan Bornstein and Sacha Kljestan, as well as former Goat Brad Guzan, were named to the 22-player U.S. squad today for games Saturday against Slovakia (10 a.m. Fox Soccer Channel and Galavision) and Denmark four days later (no TV by the sound of it).

From U.S. Soccer::

The U.S. team began training this morning in Bratislava with 11 players, and the second half of the roster will be arriving during the next two days. Bradley will consider making changes to the squad following Saturday's match, when the team will make their first ever visit to Denmark for the USA's 24th and final match of the year. The 24 matches represent the third most games ever in a calendar for the U.S. The team set a record for the most games in official competitions in a year with 21 total, including the 10 final round matches the U.S. played to earn first place in CONCACAF qualifying for the FIFA World Cup and the five games that culminated in the final of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa.

"These matches present a terrific opportunity to continue building on the nucleus of our team, and at the same time evaluate more of the player pool against very good opponents," said Bradley.

And that includes veteran and MLS top scorer Jeff Cunningham, as well as Eddie "last chance?" Johnson.

Squad:

Goalkeepers - Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Marcus Hahnemann (Wolverhampton), Troy Perkins (Valerenga)

defenders - Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover), Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City Wizards), Clarence Goodson (IK Start), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew), Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew), Heath Pearce (FC Dallas), Jonathan Spector (West Ham)

midfielders - Michael Bradley (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Clint Dempsey (Fulham), Benny Feilhaber (AGF Aarhus), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Dax McCarty (FC Dallas), Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew)

forwards - Jozy Altidore (Hull City), Conor Casey (Colorado Rapids), Jeff Cunningham (FC Dallas), Eddie Johnson (Fulham)

College scoreboard
*The Cal State Dominguez Hills men are still in the hunt for a second consecutive national title; the women's season is not over (see Tuesday's post for updated tournament details). More here

*Palos Verdes Estates' Kyle Nakazawa led the UCLA men Sunday to a second straight Pac-10 title. More here

*The UCLA women beat Washington State 2-0 Sunday in its regular season finale. The Bruins won 16 of their last 17 games to move to 17-2-1, 8-1 Pac-10). The 64-team bracket for the NCAA Tournament will be announced at 5 p.m. today on ESPNews.

*The Loyola Marymount men (9-8-1, 4-5-1 WCC) beat Portland 1-0 Sunday in its home finale.

*The Loyola Marymount women (11-6-2, 3-3-1 WCC) beat Saint Mary's 4-1 Saturday.

*The Cal State Northridge men (10-7-2, 5-4-1 BWC) beat UC Irvine 3-0 Saturday to clinch the fourth seed in the Big West tournament and have a daunting trip to Santa Barbara Wednesday againt top-ranked UC Santa Barabara.

*Pepperdine (11-7-1 3-3-1 WCC).beat San Francisco 2-1 Saturday.

*In Seattle Sunday, it was USC 2 University of Washington 2. The Trojans move to 12-6-2, 4-3-2 Pac-10.

A frenetic final MLS weekend is in the books and on Sunday we learned that Chivas USA and the Galaxy will face each other for the first time ever in the playoffs.

Here's the complete playoff schedule as announced by MLS today:

Eastern Conference semifinals game #1
(1) Columbus Crew at (4) Real Salt Lake, 3 p.m. Saturday.
(2) Chicago Fire at (3) New England Revolution 1 p.m. Saturday Rescheduled for 11 a.m. Sunday (Fox Soccer Channel)

Western Conference semifinals game #1
(1) Los Angeles Galaxy at (4) Chivas USA 2 p.m. Sunday (ESPN2)
(2) Houston Dynamo at (3) Seattle Sounders FC 7 p.m. Thursday (ESPN2)

Eastern Conference semifinals game #2
(4) Real Salt Lake at (1) Columbus Crew 5 p.m. Nov. 5 (ESPN2)
(3) New England Revolution at (2) Chicago Fire 6:30 p.m. Nov. 7 (FSC)

Western Conference semifinals game #2
(3) Seattle Sounders FC at (2) Houston Dynamo, Noon Nov. 8 (TeleFutura)
(4) Chivas USA at (1) Galaxy 4:30 p.m. Nov. 8 (ESPN2)

I'll have more on the Galaxy-Chivas USA series in Tuesday's column, but let's catch up on what else happened over the weekend:

*U.S. Soccer announced today that the U.S. plays Slovakia Nov. 14 in Bratislava, four days before the U.S. plays Denmark.

"We are very pleased about the opportunity to face another quality opponent on European soil," said U.S. Coach Bob Bradley. "Slovakia finished on top of a very competitive group in UEFA (World Cup) qualifying, and has demonstrated their capabilities throughout the process. With so few available dates for international matches between now and the World Cup, having the chance to play two fellow World Cup finalists is a big plus in terms of our preparations."

It's the first time the U.S. and Slovakia have played each other.

*In Sunday's men's college games it was:
Loyola Marymount 1 San Diego 4
Junior Rafael Baca scored his league-leading ninth goal of the season for LMU (7-7-1, 2-4-1 WCC). Next: at San Francisco Sunday.

Stanford 2 UCLA 0
The Bruins saw their 10-game unbeaten streak snapped and fell to 9-2-2, 4-1-2 Pac-10. Next: at Creighton Saturday.

On Saturday, the Cal State Northridge men (7-6-2, 2-3-1 BWC) lost 3-1 to Cal Poly. Next: at UC Santa Barbara Wednesday.

*Sunday's women's college games
Santa Clara 1 Loyola Marymount 0
The Lions fell to 9-6-2, 1-3-1 WCC. Next: hosting San Francisco Friday.

Long Beach 1 UC Riverside 1
Next for Long Beach (5-9-3, 1-4-1 BWC): at UV Irvine Thursday.

Cal State Northridge 1 UC Irvine 0
The Matadors (9-9, 5-2 BWC) qualified for the Big West Conference tournament for the first time since 2004 with the win. Next: hosting Long Beach State Sunday.

USC 1 Oregon 0
The Trojans sit at 12-5-0, 4-2 Pac-10. Next: at UCLA Friday.

UCLA 3 Oregon State 0
After beating Oregon 5-1 Friday, the Bruins completed their sweep of the Oregon schools and improved to 14-2-1, 5-1 Pac-10. Bruin sophomore Sydney Leroux scored her team-leading 15th goal of the season after netting a pair Friday. Next: hosting USC Friday (live at 7 p.m. on Fox Soccer Channel)

San Diego 2 Pepperdine 0
The Waves fall to 8-7-1, 1-3-1 WCC. Next: hosting Seattle University Thursday.

On Saturday, the CSUDH women (11-7) beat Seattle Pacific 2-0. Next: at Cal State East Bay Friday.

Because my e-mail in-box is clogged, I give you:

*Word that San Pedro's Carlos Martinez (Wilmington Jr.) and Fontana's Victor Chavez were selected to the U.S. Under-17 team that will play in the World Cup for the age group later this month in Nigeria. Full squad and schedule here.

*A Q&A with Robbie Rogers of Rolling Hills Estates in the wake of his World Cup qualifying performance here.

*News that Fontana's Maurice Edu was a victim of racism - by fans of his own club Glasgow Rangers. Classy. And he reported the incident via Twitter.

AP Photo

For the sixth time within 10 years Redlands native Landon Donovan was named Honda Player of the year today in Los Angeles.

Donovan previously won the award in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 and this year beat out goalkeeper Tim Howard and striker Jozy Altidore to win the award yet again as the best player on the national team.

So naturally they gave him a Player of the Decade award, too.

One question: what is he going to do with his latest Honda vehicle that's given to the winner? They must be clogging up the driveway.

More details here.

U.S. 2 Costa Rica 2

Carlos Bocanegra, left, and Jonathan Bornstein celebrate his dramatic last-gasp equalizer against a stunned Costa Rica that enabled the U.S. to win its World Cup qualifying group. (AP Photo)

One of the more magnificent tie games you'll ever see had the U.S.' young guns blaze back in the dying seconds against Costa Rica from two goals behind despite being down to 10 men after the injury to Gooch tonight in Washington D.C. And on a night where the manner of Charlie Davies' absence provided an unprecedented note of (for want of a better word) emptiness the Americans seemed to want to fill.

Jozy Altidore, Davies' roommate:

"I was very emotional the past few days. I am not going to lie, I just couldn't get my mind off of it, you know what I mean. It is unbelievable to think how your life can change in one night, in one minute, in one second. It was tough to swallow for me. I played like he was out there with me tonight."

Chivas USA's Jonathan Bornstein of Los Alamitos struck for the winner from a corner kick by Robbie Rogers of Rolling Hills Estates, who had an inspired performance and led the comeback with key crosses.

Rob Rogers, Robbie's dad, e-mailed me:

"I thought it was strangely ironic that Robbie initiated the attacks that caused both goals and he was wearing number 9-Charlie Davies number."

Me too.

Said Bornstein:

"I think the whole team wanted to go out and put a good effort out there today, for Charlie, for his family and for everyone that was involved in the situation. To get the tie to go onto the World Cup as first in our group, I think it shows a lot about our team and what we're all about. Hopefully, going forward from here we can keep getting better and prepare for the World Cup."

Here's goalkeeper Tim Howard on Bornstein's goal:

"Guys like that work their tail off all qualifying and defend and do the dirty stuff so it's good that he gets the glory."

The CONCACAF skinny.

Here's Coach Bob Bradley on Oguchi Onyewu's injury:

"[Oguchi Onyewu has a torn left patellar tendon. Obviously, we've had two days of tough news and Gooch has been such an important part of our team. That's normally three to four months, he's young, he's healthy, our doctors are good. He's someone that we're sure is going to get back and ready to go. But, nonetheless, it's another setback for us."

Notable: This was a U.S. triumph for a new generation: Robbie Rogers, Jonathan Bornstein, Jose Torres, Michael Bradley, Jozy Altidore - all players that have come of age under Coach Bob Bradley.

They've effectively augmented the established likes of Landon Donovan, Tim Howard and Carlos Bocanegra.

A thoroughly compelling game.

Highlights

Game story.

U.S. lineup: 1-Tim Howard; 6-Steve Cherundolo, 5-Oguchi Onyewu, 3-Carlos Bocanegra (capt.), 12-Jonathan Bornstein; 7-Stuart Holden (9-Robbie Rogers, 69), 16-Benny Feilhaber (14-José Francisco Torres, 63) , 4-Michael Bradley, 10-Landon Donovan; 17-Jozy Altidore, 8-Conor Casey (Kenny Cooper, 79)

Bonus: Honduras, recent gracious hosts, are in; Carlos Pavon, perhaps our paths will cross again.

And a tip of the hat to SI's Grant Wahl for the tweet regarding this video (stay to the end):

The injuries sound nasty - but there is a note of optimism.

Read the update here.

The U.S. has not added a player to the roster for tonight's final WCQ in the wake of the accident.

Costa Rica needs a win tonight in Washington to ensure it reaches South Africa; a U.S. win would ensure it finishes top of the group. Game time is 5 p.m. on ESPN2.

Updated:

Jozy Altidore tweets to tell fans where to send messages of support for Davies here.

Also, expect a salute from fans during the ninth minute of tonight's game.

Read the column here.

Also, the U.S. will play in Demark Nov. 18, U.S. Soccer announced today. Full story.

Breaking news

This just in from The Washington Post's Steven Goff regarding a serious automobile accident U.S. striker Charlie Davies was involved in overnight. Read it here.

Updated 5:40 p.m.:
*The latest AP story lists Davies as in "serious" condition; that's one step below critical.
*There was a U.S. team curfew and Davies was in apparent violation of it, according to AP.

Honduras 2 U.S. 3

Game story.

Former Galaxy striker Carlos Pavon proved once again why he failed so abysmally in MLS, missing a crucial penalty in the 87th minute for Honduras that sealed the U.S. win. And then he missed another sitter two minutes later.

Still, it looked to me a legitimate Honduras goal was called offside.

An exciting game that had me bouncing between tweeters Beau Dure of USA Today, Steven Goff of The Washington Post, SI's Grant Wahl and US Soccer in the first half and then three pirate Internet TV channels (I found out about one of them on Facebook) in the second half. US Soccer's MatchTracker went down early on so that wasn't much help. One of the more interesting US qualifiers from a technological point of view.

Conor Casey had two goals and the Galaxy's Landon Donovan nailed the other from a set piece. Check it out below.

More game highlights (for now) are here.

There are sometimes I'm glad to be sitting on my butt in LA.

Here's the Twitter feed from SI's Grant Wahl Friday night in Honduras:

"F------ hell. Got robbed at gunpoint in Tegucigalpa in broad daylight. I'm OK, but they took wallet/iPhone. Amateur hour from GW!

"Talk about crazy extremes. Just got off the phone with the de facto president of Honduras. He apologized for the robbery. Talked soccer too.

De facto Honduras President Roberto Micheletti: "Honduras 4, USA 0! ... The heart of the Hondurans is bigger than ever!"

Here's a game preview:

SAN PEDRO SULA - (AP) For Hondurans, Saturday night's World Cup qualifier is an opportunity to unite during a political crisis that's stretched on since June. For U.S. players, it's a chance to clinch a spot in next year's 32-nation field in South Africa.

"For me personally, and I think would I speak for the guys who were in Germany in 2006, this would be an opportunity at redemption in some ways," forward Landon Donovan said Friday as the United States prepared for the big match in Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano.

Everything was pretty much normal at the U.S. hotel, with the usual amount of security but
nothing extraordinary. A few American fans were in the lobby seeking autographs

While police fired tear gas and a water cannon at protesters in the capital of Tegucigalpa,
that is about a 4-hour drive across mountains from San Pedro Sula, Honduras' No. 2 city.

"It's obviously of interest to those of us who pay attention to world news in general," Donovan said, "but that part aside, the only interest from a soccer standpoint is making sure that it's safe and that everything's OK for us. And, like we've said, we rely on our security team, on the coaching staff, on U.S. Soccer to do that. It's not something we worry about. And they've never put us in harm's way, and I don't think they every would."

A police official told The Tribune newspaper that there will be about 1,000 police and 350
soldiers to provide security at the stadium, establishing a series of perimeters rotating out
from the field.

The United States (5-2-1) leads North and Central America and the Caribbean with 16 points with two games left, followed by Mexico (5-3) with 15, Honduras (4-3-1) with
13 and Costa Rica (4-4) with 12. The top three teams qualify, and the No. 4 finisher meets
South American's fifth-place team in a home-and-home playoff.

The U.S. would clinch with a win, if Costa Rica loses at home to already eliminated Trinidad and Tobago (1-5-2) or with a tie combined with a Costa Rican loss or tie. If the Americans don't clinch Saturday, they could assure themselves a berth on Wednesday
with a tie or win against Costa Rica at Washington, D.C.

"We go into this game with an opportunity to go for it," U.S. coach Bob Bradley said. "The
idea is to go for three points, to be aggressive and leave it all on the field."

Coming off first-round elimination at the 2006 tournament, the 11th-ranked U.S. is seeking its sixth straight World Cup berth.

Trying to make it to the World Cup for only the second time and first since 1982, 42nd-ranked Honduras boasts several Europe-based players, including Wilson Palacios of
Tottenham, Maynor Figueroa and Hendry Thomas of Wigan and David Suazo of Inter Milan.

"We're two games away from being able to make history," said former Galaxy forward Carlos Pavon, who turned 36 Friday. "I'm very close to being able to accomplish my dream."

The Catrachos are 8-0 at home in qualifying, outscoring opponents 22-3 in those matches.

"Because they're not big names like the Spains or Russia or England," defender Oguchi Onyewu said, "that doesn't necessarily mean that it's going to be an easy outing every time you go out there."

Street vendors were out in force selling blue-and-white Honduran flags, both small and the
full-sized banners, for fans to exercise their patriotic fervor. When the U.S. team bus came
in from the airport on Thursday, local media followed trying to get photos and video.

"Here in Honduras, football feels different because of that social factor that it represents
for the people, the fans, the emotions, the passion that there is," coach Reinaldo Rueda said. "It's something that you don't get in other countries."

And the hot, humid weather will be different for many of the players, used to a temperate
October climate in the United States and Europe.

"You can feel the air," Donovan said. "It's probably hard to walk a few minutes in that heat
much less run around in it."

Honduras will be missing captain Amado Guevara and Elvis Turcios, both suspended for yellow card accumulation, and the U.S. is without midfielder Clint Dempsey, who sprained his right shoulder last weekend and will be replaced by Benny Feilhaber or Stuart
Holden.

Eight U.S. players have yellow cards and would miss the match against Costa Rica if they get another: Donovan, Feilhaber, Jozy Altidore, Carlos Bocanegra, Conor Casey, Steve Cherundolo, Ricardo Clark and Frankie Hejduk.

Bradley will take that into account in his lineup, and players will think about that, too.

"Maybe you think about it for a second, but you don't want to let it dictate how you play,"
Donovan said. "If we can win tomorrow, then it doesn't matter how many yellow cards we pick up. If we win, it's done."

NOTE: U.S. players were disappointed the match will be available only on closed circuit in
bars and restaurants. The Honduran federation owned the rights as the home team and sold them to a company that made that decision. "It's pretty sad," said Bocanegra, the U.S. captain.

From the U.S. Soccer press release:

Dempsey has been diagnosed with a shoulder sprain and will not be available for the FIFA World Cup qualifier against Honduras on Oct. 10 in San Pedro Sula.

Dempsey, who sits in second place amongst U.S. goalscorers in 2010 qualifying with five goals, will be evaluated throughout the week to determine his availability for the USA's final qualifier against Costa Rica on Oct. 14 in Washington, D.C.

Dempsey left in the 84th minute of Fulham's 2-2 draw at West Ham on Sunday, and underwent an MRI evaluation earlier today. No replacement player will be added to the roster prior to Saturday's match.

Also: former Galaxy goalkeeper Josh Wicks will miss (at the very least) next year's edition of the U.S. Cup - in its entirety.

Details here.

Not much change as one might expect at this stage of the competition, while Robbie Rogers, Landon Donovan and Jonathan Bornstein all retain their spots.

A victory in either game and the U.S. has booked a spot in South Africa.

The squad (with club and WC caps and goals):

Goalkeepers - Brad Guzan (Aston Villa: 5/3 SO), Tim Howard (Everton: 14/8 SO)

Defenders - Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes: 24/3), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA, 4/0), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover: 19/0), Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City Wizards: 1/0), Clarence Goodson (IK Start: 1/0), Oguchi Onyewu (AC Milan: 18/1), Jonathan Spector (West Ham: 3/0)

Midfielders - Michael Bradley (Borussia Mönchengladbach: 13/4), Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo: 7/1), Clint Dempsey (Fulham: 20/5), Benny Feilhaber (AGF Aarhus: 4/0), Stuart Holden (Houston Dynamo: 3/0), Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew: 0/0), José Francisco Torres (Pachuca: 6/0)

Forwards - Jozy Altidore (Hull City: 11/6), Conor Casey (Colorado Rapids: 5/0), Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo: 16/6), Kenny Cooper (1860 Munich: 1/1), Charlie Davies (FC Sochaux: 5/2), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy: 33/11).

And it looks like few of us (unless we all drive to San Diego and crowd into a bar together) are going to see the Honduras game Oct. 10.

Here's more on the sad situation.

(The last game Oct. 14 against Costa Rica from the nation's capital is on ESPN2).

Updated: A viewing party in Carson in the pub across from Home Depot Center has been scheduled. Please read the comments for more details.

Updated: I was told by a reader (and confirmed via a short telephone call before I was hung up on) that the U.S.-Honduras game will NOT be shown at the Off-Campus Pub after all.