With the United States sitting atop the CONCACAF Hexagonal with 16 points and on the road tonight against Honduras, the full mathematical breakdown for best case / worst case scenario and what needs to happen for the top three teams to automatically qualify for the 2010 World Cup has been put together by the good people at US Soccer.

Witness the Scenarios Generator…..

Image via ScientificAmerican 

JozyAltidore17 Just got back from training and this game feels like the one v mexico in the sense that whole country is against us. Its another level

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No commercial flying for our boys….  little different than the MLS life (with those expensive exceptions two or three times a year) where you have to have everything with an on / off switch in the off position during takeoff.

USMNT starting defender, Oguchi Onyewu, strips for ESPN’s “The Body” Issue, currently on newstands.  Clearly, the dude’s ripped.

Images via Kickette

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Saturday night is big.

Team USA is in Honduras and feels safe, and Grant Wahl is on the ground in San Pedro Sula and posting photos…

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Final session in Miami before a huge match in Honduras against a very, very underrated team.

The lack of broadcasting the USA v Honduras match is really annoying and frustrating. The closer the game gets, the more my level of frustration is growing. I want to blame somebody for this, but I’m not entirely sure where the blame needs to be aimed.  Instead, we are limited to a handful of bars around the country that have made an effort to get the game. Here is a list of bars that will be showing the match. I’m thinking about making the drive down to San Diego to catch this one.

If you make it out to any of these bars for the game, make sure you thank them for showing the game!

The US team practices in the heat and humidity at Barry University in Miami ahead of Saturday’s WCQ at San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

Hostile crowd?  Military curfew? The US Government’s recent suspension of $30 million in aid?  Potential civil war??

“These are the games you want to play in, to be perfectly honest,” Frankie Hejduk said. “You live for this…”

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