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SI.com: Greg Lalas: U.S. soccer has reached tipping point -- good signs ahead

I doubt Oliver Wendell Holmes was a soccer fan, but in thinking about this week's column, I recalled a great quote of his: "The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving."

SI.com: Soccer America: Where are veteran leaders on U.S. national team?

Mired in mediocrity, the U.S. nevertheless pushed to the brink of qualification for the 2010 World Cup when it posted critical wins over Hexagonal minnows El Salvador and Trinidad and Tobago last month. Yet questions of selection, confidence and leadership persist.

SI.com: Grant Wahl: News is good, but U.S. must improve

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- The U.S. national team may not have been popping champagne corks on its charter flight back to Miami on Wednesday night, but these are the facts after the Yanks' ugly-but-valuable 1-0 (RECAP) win over T&T here: Only a collapse of epic proportions could now prevent the U.S. from qualifying for the 2010 World Cup.

SI.com: Grant Wahl: U.S. badly needs win at Trinidad in World Cup qualifier

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- It's tough to feel a sense of urgency when you're sitting in a luxury hotel overlooking the Caribbean Sea on a glorious late-summer afternoon. But it's still possible, especially if you're Tim Howard, the goalkeeper whose U.S. national team needs a victory in Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Trinidad and Tobago (7 p.m. ET, ESPN Classic, TeleFutura) to feel good about its chances of reaching South Africa 2010.

SI.com: Noah Davis: Octet of MLS stars prepare for Azteca, while playoff race heats up stateside

Our weekly dose of Major League Soccer quick takes, plotlines to watch and Power Rankings.

SI.com: Noah Davis: Teams juggle lineups during Gold Cup; Galaxy come alive

Our weekly dose of Major League Soccer quick takes, plotlines to watch and Power Rankings.

SI.com: Bryan Armen Graham: U.S. vs. Spain live Confederations Cup blog

FULLTIME: It is finished. Spain's 35-match unbeaten streak ends on a frigid night in Bloemfontein, where the United States men's national team has engineered an improbable 2-0 upset of the reigning European champions.

SI.com: Donovan rejoins U.S. roster for Spain friendly

U.S. national-team coach Bob Bradley, in the wake of his team's 2-0 loss to England, has named a 24-man roster for the June 4 friendly in Spain that includes all 17 European-based players who were on the roster for the England game.

SI.com: Soccer America: U.S. should have passed on Donovan for Poland friendly

Of the 18 players named to the U.S. roster to face Poland Wednesday in Krakow (3:30 p.m. ET, Fox Soccer Channel), perhaps the most obvious selection is the one who should have been omitted: Landon Donovan.

SI.com: Soccer America: Edu rockets from college to MLS to U.S. national team

In the brief history of MLS, more No. 1 draft picks have flamed out than have panned out, but if ever a player seemed destined to brighten that dreary history, it was Maurice Edu.

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