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After loss to Mexico, US heads to Costa Rica (The Associated Press)
 The United States is in danger of becoming the fourth team to start 0-2 in the final round of CONCACAF's World Cup qualifying since the hexagonal format was adopted ahead of the 1998 tournament. ''It's just part of the qualifying process, the whole kind of long road obviously over 10 games,'' U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann said after Friday's match. Canada (1997) and Trinidad and Tobago (2001) both started 0-2 and failed to qualify, but the Soca Warriors overcame losses to the U.S. and Guatemala in 2005 to finish fourth, then beat Bahrain in a playoff to reach the 2006 tournament in Germany. More...
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