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Matchnight: USA-Honduras (Steve Goff, 6/06/09, Washington Post)

Earlier today, Australia, Japan and South Korea qualified for the 2010 World Cup. After Wednesday's stinker at Costa Rica, the USA only wishes it were that close to securing a ticket to South Africa next summer. With the next match at Azteca in August, a tie or victory is vital tonight (Kickoff: 8:27 ET; ESPN, Galavision).

I've heard some interesting early rumblings about the USA starting lineup. We won't know definitively until around 7:30 ET, but one contact tells me that left back Jonathan Bornstein, right back Jonathan Spector, defensive midfielders Ricardo Clark and Pablo Mastroeni, and newly recalled striker Conor Casey are all in the lineup. It's probably safe to assume that Tim Howard, Oguchi Onyewu, Carlos Bocanegra, Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey and Jozy Altidore are the others. Let's see if that XI comes to fruition.