Matchday: US v Cuba

The US can clinch pas­sage to the next stage of CONCACAF qual­i­fy­ing, the Hexag­o­nal with a vic­tory tonight ver­sus Cuba. Cuba is the weak­est team the US will fact in World Cup qual­i­fy­ing: in fact Cuba is prob­a­bly weaker than Bar­ba­dos who the US crushed 8–0 at the Home Depot Cen­ter in June, before strug­gling to beat in Bridgetown a week later. Both Trinidad and Tobago as well as Guatemala have had their way with the Cubans in pre­vi­ous qual­i­fiers yet the US strug­gled down in Havana. What lineup will Bob Bradley field today? Will we see Jozy Alti­dore, Jose Fran­cisco Tor­res or Freddy Adu? Will we con­tinue to see the bucket formation?

Also tonight Mex­ico faces a very tough test in Kingston against Jamaica. Jamaica must win all three remain­ing games to have a chance of advanc­ing. Hon­duras hosts Canada in a game that could go a long way to ensur­ing Hon­duras returns to the Hexag­o­nal after being elim­i­nated at this stage in 2006 qual­i­fy­ing. Trinidad’s trip to Guatemala is mas­sive with the vic­tor of that match hold­ing the inside track on qual­i­fi­ca­tion to the Hexag­o­nal. Both sides are cur­rently on 4 points. Leave your thoughts here.