Building Momentum

Apathy is the enemy of success. Just ask any number of teams at EC '08. The minute you rest is the minute you exit. Admittedly, it would be easy for the MNT to saunter down to sunny Barbados and just sleep-walk through the match, but nothing worth having is easy.

The U.S. has an eight-goal advantage going into it, but anytime you play on foreign soil there's just no telling what can happen. Don't get us wrong, we're not saying Barbados has a chance of putting eight past the rock-solid defense of ‘Los, Gooch and Howard. However, it is the perfect time to get some quality minutes for the young guns, which seems like Coach Bradley's plan as he released ten players from last week's roster. So this should be an excellent opportunity for Freddy, Mike and EJ to get stuck in and start building up their international goal count - something they've been working hard on.

This game is about building momentum and confidence as we go deeper into qualification, because they only get harder from here.