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What are the USMNT Qualifying Scenarios?

By Wilian Estrella

The Stars and Stripes have had a great World Cup Qualifying campaign, but what do they need to do to reach Qatar 2022?

The Stars and Stripes have had a great World Cup Qualifying campaign, but what do they need to do to reach Qatar 2022?

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With CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying coming to an end today, fans are asking, what are the USMNT's Qualifying Scenarios? And despite their excellent performance, the question is still in the air.

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The Stars and Stripes have had a great World Cup Qualifying campaign in which they have only had 2 defeats, but what do they need to reach Qatar 2022?

What are the USMNT qualification scenarios?

There is no time for more and the USMNT to qualify directly to Qatar 2022, they must beat the Costa Rican National Soccer Team today to secure second place in the Concacaf General Table.

However, even if Gregg Berhalter's team loses, it can still clinch the direct ticket, due to its good goal difference from the other teams. The Stars and Stripes already have the reclassification match in the bag. 

And they got it at the end of the match against Panama, as the points difference between Christian Pulisic's team was more than enough to secure their place in the FIFA World Cup.

In that case, are the USMNT already qualified for the World Cup?

On paper, Berhalter's team already has the ticket in the bag and only has to wait for the end of the Octagonal to be able to celebrate that this time they will be able to go to the FIFA World Cup, unlike what happened in 2018. 

On that occasion, the Stars and Stripes lost 2-1 on the last matchday as visitors to Trinidad and Tobago, a team that had been eliminated for several matchdays. 

On that occasion, the United States had only 12 points and needed at least a draw in their visit to Port of Spain to secure direct qualification.

But they failed to do so and for the first time since 1986, the USMNT did not make it to Russia in 2018. But now the story is different and Team USA's presence in Qatar 2022 is only a matter of hours away. 

How have the USMNT World Cup Qualifiers been?

On this occasion, the Stars and Stripes had a brilliant World Cup Qualifying campaign in which they recorded 7 wins, 4 draws, and 2 losses, scoring 21 goals. 

While they have only 8 goals against, for a goal difference of +13, which placed them in second place in the qualifiers, ahead of Mexico. In the end, the only team that was able to beat the United States was Canada, which remains the unassailable leader of the World Cup Qualifiers. 

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