thumbnail Hello,  The circumstances surrounding the USA's win
over Costa Rica refocused the spotlight and the team to where it
needs to be ahead of Tuesday's clash with Mexico.  World Cup
qualifying cycles always have defining moments for teams.  For
the U.S. men's national team, it could have very well been the
days leading into last Friday's qualifier against Costa Rica, in
which controversy and a seemingly growing internal frustration
threatened to take down the institution.  Instead of the
relentless probing questions swirling around the U.S. men's
program, the relentless snow swirling around Dick's Sporting
Goods Park took all of the negative attention and placed it
elsewhere with impeccable timing. Mother nature works in
mysterious ways.  There may very well still be a serious lack of
cohesion between players and Jurgen Klinsmann and his coaching
staff, as was outlined in the Sporting News' detailed report
last week. The circumstances surrounding the victory over Los
Ticos completely took the spotlight