No LIVE tonight, but we have a preview look from ESPN and I'll be back in about 30 with the line-ups (as well as the usual wrap bits after).
UPDATE:
Howard; Cherundolo, Onyewu, Bocanegra, Bornstein, Feilhaber, Bradley, Holden, Donovan, Altidore, Casey
Bench: Guzan, Conrad, Torres, Rogers, Cooper, Spector, Clark
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Well, it wasn't a victory, but I think that counts as a stirring comeback. Thanks to Jonathan Bornstein's last gasp, 10-man corner kick header, the USMNT rally from two down for a 2-all draw with Costa Rica, claiming the top spot in the hex while shipping the Ticos off to a playoff against Uruguay.
The result seems to have come with price, though; the 'Nats were down to 10 men because Oguchi Onyewu was stretchered off with what appeared to be a knee injury after Bob Bradley had made the third and final substitute.
As Sean details in the post above, Argentina have entered the field on closing day, and now Honduras joins them to run the total of qualified World Cup teams to 23.
I will make a new post for the highlights and reaction. Have a great night.
- Greg Seltzer
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Well, I know what the injury was for Gooch, and it's not good. It's almost certainly a ruptured knee cap.
It happened 2 years ago to a basketball player at Kansas University, Rodrick Stewart, and looked exactly the same.
I'm pretty sure Gooch is gone for the World Cup now too.
Looks as if ESPN is reporting his injury as a torn tendon.
This Gooch injury scares me. He hasn't been playing much for his club and now he's on the shelf for a couple months, and now a lot more can happen in that time at Milan - they could struggle more, he moves even further down the pecking order, Leonard is fired, etc - that could go against him.
Torn patellar tendon explains why the kneecap was essentially absent in the replay.
It looked pretty bad, and any injury to the kneecap and patellar tendon can be really tough to come back from. I'd feel much better if this were an ACL injury.
@ bham: Yeah I got a good slow-mo look and it was not pleasant to watch.
I see your point, but I certainly wouldn't go so far as to say that it'd be better as an ACL thing, mainly because of Gooch's size and.. erm... sporadically unreliable agility with the footwork.
In the end, I would assume he'll be back and fine well before the temperature starts getting warm.
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