Well. A month or so has passed since American soccer hearts were ripped from their chest. The next international break is upon us and what do we do now? International breaks are the family dinners you are forced to attend. You have the drunk uncles clammering on about how things were better in his day and your kid cousin talking about how hard Algebra has been this semester yet you still have the free food and beer so it kind of comes out in the wash. You don't really want to watch an under 23 US side play Portugal without Ronaldo next week but you will because well it's something. As a neutral, this international break will have a lot to take in and enjoy. Sit back and watch Australia squirm in the caldron of the Metropolitano in Honduras. Pretend you are from the old country and mutter in your best irish or italian accent as the tricolors attempt to bust through to Russia.
In the midst of the madness of the US qualification disaster, some would have missed the utter chaos on display in the last round. Countries qualifying on last kicks of the ball, fans crying knowing they will see their country on the grandest stages of them all for the first time in decades. This international break has the potential to elicit the same level of excitement and pandemonium we missed a month ago. Forget your misery of a struggling Everton. Erase the pain of a potential Man City invincibles. Stop dreaming of a side other than Juve winning the Scudetto. Enjoy this man trying to will his countrymen and team to the World Cup he so gracefully abandoned 15 years on.
Although you may have no rooting interest this week, get on your hands and knees and hope for a shadow of the excitement caused last break. International football is hardly appointment TV but once in a blue moon it delivers.
Some of the big goals from this international break. Enjoy. #WCQ2018 pic.twitter.com/dlhOFAhjVY— Limbs AOTS (@Limbs_AOTS) October 11, 2017
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