The Canadian national team travels to BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston to face the U.S. national team tonight. Even though the game is just an international friendly, it still holds some importance.
This is the last match the U.S. national team will play before facing Honduras Feb. 6 in the final round of CONCACAF World Cup Qualification. The U.S. will need to perform much better than they performed in the previous round of qualifying. The remaining six teams are the United States, Costa Rica, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico and Panama. Out of these six teams, the top three qualify for the 2014 World Cup and the fourth place team goes to a playoff. Americansoccernow.com has a fantastic page dedicated to the final round of qualifying and is worth a look.
It will be interesting to see whom the U.S. plays tonight and how the team looks going into a difficult final round of qualifying. If you are looking for something to keep you occupied before actual lineups are announced, ProSoccerTalk and Bleacher Report take their best guess of the starting lineup tonight.
After the match, make sure to check out the site again for post-match thoughts and comments about the performance.
Written By: Eric Stoyanov, Contributing Writer, soccerprose.com
