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It hadn’t been a qualifying pool to remember but, with one game to go, the US Men’s National Team just needed to tie their game with Trinidad and Tobago to secure at least fourth place and a play-off spot. In the event, it would have ensured direct World Cup qualification as third-placed team in a six-team pool. They wake up this morning knowing they have missed out completely, and they have nobody to blame but themselves for that. A woeful display against the pool’s bottom side – eliminated some time ago, with eight defeats in their previous nine games – means that the USA joins Holland and Chile (who finished sixth in the free-for-all South American pool) in not needing to dust off their Russian phrasebooks.