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Sports Illustrated
By Brian Straus The U.S. needs to beat Honduras to stay on track for the World Cup, and it’s going to great—and some would say risky—lengths to inconvenience the opponent. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Maybe it’s naïve or maybe it’s prophetic but either way, this is how U.S. Soccer coaches and staff envision Monday night in the Twin Cities: An eight-hour flight arrives from Honduras, via Houston, at around 9 p.m. Off shuffles the beleaguered Honduran national team, which became the first side to be mathematically eliminated from Concacaf’s World Cup qualifying competition after Sunday’s home loss to El…