Posted by Luke Cyphers
MIAMI -- With a key offensive threat injured ahead of a match that could clinch a spot in next year's World Cup, the U.S. national team faced the adversity with a collective yawn.
Not that the Yanks won't miss
Clint Dempsey, who injured his shoulder Sunday in a Premiership match with Fulham.
It's just that roster shuffles are nothing new for this squad, which faces Honduras on Saturday, where a victory guarantees the Americans a spot in South Africa in 2010. "Clint gets big goals for us, important goals, and he's obviously an important player on our team," says midfielder
Benny Feilhaber, one of the candidates to replace Dempsey in the starting lineup. "But we've had so many different lineups that we're kind of used to switching it around a bit and still being comfortable, so I think we'll be all right."
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