The U.S. shook off to a nightmare start to punch their ticket to the final round of Concacaf World Cup qualifiers with a well earned 3-1 win over Guatemala. Peter Nolan reports

The United States knew that if they were going to beat Guatemala last night at Livestrong Sporting Stadium in Kansas City, they would have to keep Carlos Ruiz in check. By Peter Nolan

France became the first European Team to win the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup winning 7-6 in a penalty shootout, to end Asia's domination at the event. Anthony Ta reports..

At yesterday's press conference in Kansas City, U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann put it plainly, "we want to win the game." Despite, needing only a tie to advance to the final, six team qualification round..By Peter Nolan