
Political backdrop fuels intense U.S.-Honduras qualifier
Published Oct. 9, 2009 9:14 p.m. ET
Jamie Trecker
The USA take on Honduras in San Pedro Sula Saturday night in a critical World Cup qualifier in which both teams need to get a result.
Playing out against a backdrop of geopolitical intrigue that has nasty echoes of that country's "dirty war," the Americans will be hoping that they can get in and out of the country with at least a point.
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