It wasn't pretty and it certainly wasn't impressive but in the end, almost the very end, the U.S. MNT got the victory that it had to have over Guatemala. By Peter Nolan

The U.S MNT play Nicaragua Saturday night in Cleveland with a place in the knockout stages of the 2017 Gold Cup firmly in their own control. Failure to advance would be something of a catastrophe for Arena. By Peter Nolan

The ghosts of Gold Cups past raised their ugly heads Wednesday night in Tampa when Bruce Arena and his band of not so merry men came much too close to joining Jurgen Klinsmann's 2015 side. By Peter Nolan

Saturday was a day of firsts for the U.S. MNT as recently naturalized American Dom Dwyer scored on his debut for his new nation and Kellyn Acosta added his first international goal as the Yanks defeated Ghana. By Peter Nolan