Arena wants fearless USA in World Cup crunch/All International soccer thread for weekend action.

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Arena wants fearless USA in World Cup crunch

ORLANDO, United States - Bruce Arena has challenged his United States team to show no fear in the face of mounting anxiety, urging them to banish any doubts over their participation at the World Cup by seeing off Panama on Friday.

The US head into the crucial qualifier knowing maximum points from their final two games - they travel to bottom-placed Trinidad & Tobago on Tuesday - will be enough to book their ticket to Russia.

Read more at: http://www.enca.com/sport/soccer/arena-wants-fearless-usa-in-world-cup-crunch

Striking up the all-soccer thread for weekend action.

[TomSea]

Syria grabs a draw vs. Australia in first leg of that 2 match playoff to go to World Cup.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/41516822
http://us.soccerway.com/matches/2017/10/05/asia/wc-qualifying-asia/syria/australia/2228493/?ICID=HP_MS_02_01

2nd game is Tuesday in Australia.

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Live scores: http://us.soccerway.com/

[TomSea]

Panama scored late against Costa Rica to win 2-1,

Trinidad pulls off freak win, defeats USA 2-1.

Honduras defeats Mexico, 3-2.

I think the USA is out of the World Cup.