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ObserverArt3/29/2016 9:31:44 am PDT

A reminder for anyone interested in the USA Men’s national soccer team. They have a make-or-break qualification game tonight against Guatemala. The game will be here in Columbus at Columbus Crew/Mapfre Stadium where so far the US team had had great support and important wins.

Following last Friday’s loss in Guatemala City, the coach Jurgen Klinsmann is on the hot seat to keep his job. There are many US soccer fans not happy with how the team has played under him. If they lose tonight, there is a pretty good chance they won’t qualify for The World Cup.

A bit from ESPN…who will have the game on ESPN2 at 7:00 PM Eastern.

Now, the stakes on Tuesday are immense — much higher than they were in October. Qualifying for the Confederations Cup can be filed under “nice to have,” not “have to have.” And as much as Klinsmann has stressed the importance of Olympic qualification, a failure to qualify for Rio won’t do near the damage that a World Cup qualifying flameout would. Which is why for all intents and purposes, Tuesday’s game in Columbus is a must-win situation. A failure by the senior side to achieve victory would leave the U.S. not only needing to win its last two games — including a far-from-easy home tilt against Trinidad and Tobago — but possibly relying on other results or goal difference to scrape through.

Go Team USA!