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There was more on the line than a spot at the 1990 World Cup - the United States team feared for their jobs, homes and the very future of football in their country.

“1990?” asks Bobby, a rueful look distorting his facial features, “What I remember best about that campaign is Philbert Jones incredible miss from the edge of the six-yard box.“But I will

6/23/2010 – USA 1, Algeria 0 – 1-0-2, 5 points, top of Group A (via omg yanks) When you're a sportsblogger and your fiancé is getting her PhD in a humanities field, you spend a lot of time explaining yourself.  (She doesn't because a few years ago the explanation became "it seemed like a good idea at the time," which fair enough.) After the beer flew and the rage subsided against Slovenia, I was asked to explain what the hell it was with me and the USMNT, and I thought ...