United States' Christian Pulisic, center, and his teammate United States' Michael Bradley, right, walk on the pitch after losing 2-1 against Trinidad and Tobago. Photo / AP.
United States' Christian Pulisic, center, and his teammate United States' Michael Bradley, right, walk on the pitch after losing 2-1 against Trinidad and Tobago. Photo / AP.
It took a series of unthinkable events to conspire to ruin America's World Cup qualification campaign, but none were anywhere near as outrageous as this.
It's almost too perfectly cruel that a mighty nation like the United States, which has qualified for the last seven FIFA World Cups going backto 1986, could be brought undone by a clunky rebound of a keeper's scone.
But that's what happened.
A freakishly unlucky rebound off the shoulder and melon of Mexican keeper Guillermo Ochoa has played a critical part in the sinking of American football.
Ochoa's own goal came in the 53rd minute as his team twice came from behind to steal a famous result.
The world audience glued to the impossible result unfolding across the CONCACAF region was stunned at the USA's misfortune.
The United States were still on track to hold onto fourth place in the CONCACAF region - and move through to a qualification showdown with Australia - after Ochoa's own goal, but a 60th minute strike by Romell Quioto put Honduras ahead and killed of the USA.
