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The U.S. team this past week picked essentially the worst possible time – apart from the World Cup itself – to put together arguably its worst 180 minutes of soccer of the current four-year cycle. Two complete and utter no-shows: first a 2-0 loss tolast Friday in which the Americans registered zero shots on goal, then on Tuesday a listless 0-0 draw againstcertainly wasn't pleased.
So ... nobody was good. Super. These were friendlies, yes, but they were also the last 180 minutes of game action the U.S. will get before landing in Doha in November. Not that it felt like anything of the sort. In a typical World Cup year, U.S. Soccer usually schedules three high-profile"send-off" friendlies on home soil in the weeks just prior to the start of the tournament.