World Cup qualifying concern for USMNT? Still confident in Gregg Berhalter? Our experts weigh in

The U.S men's national team are approaching the end of World Cup qualifying and — surprise surprise! — their trip to Qatar is still not booked after Sunday's 2-0 defeat in Canada. The USMNT are in second place, level on points with Mexico, with the top three teams guaranteed a World Cup berth. (Fourth place means a one-off game against Oceania's representative in June.)

With the U.S. making heavy work of booking their spot at the 2022 World Cup, ESPN's Jeff Carlisle, Caitlin Murray, Kyle Bonagura, Bill Connelly and Danny Guerra offer their thoughts on this international break so far, as well as what they're looking for in Wednesday night's clash with winless Honduras in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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At the risk of taking a trip to meme-land, «Not great, Bob!» The reason for such sentiment is simple: The U.S. is one slip-up at home away from letting the whole qualifying process spin out of control. The U.S. has two such encounters left: Wednesday's match with an already eliminated Honduras, and then what is going to be the big one, the March 27 matchup with Panama in Orlando, Florida.

For the most part, the U.S. has defended its home turf — the one blemish being the 1-1 draw with Canada back in September. But not only is the specter of the 2018 cycle still hovering in the background, but the U.S. looks to be playing worse of late, not better. The U.S. will collectively breathe easier with a win on Wednesday, but the Octagonal appears to be going to go down to the wire, and away dates with Costa Rica and Mexico make it imperative that the U.S. takes care of business on home soil. — Carlisle

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