Ugly Win Over Azerbaijan Shows USA World Cup Team Has Some Work to Do

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Ugly Win Over Azerbaijan Shows USA World Cup Team Has Some Work to Do
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SAN FRANCISCO, California — As the United States Men's National Team (USMNT (http://mashable.com/category/usmnt/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)) trudged off the pitch following 45 minutes of soccer at Candlestick Park in a pre-World Cup tuneup match against lowly Azerbaijan here on Tuesday night, the team's dominant first half against Mexico (http://mashable.com/2014/04/02/usa-vs-mexico-what-you-need-to-k**w-for-wednesdays-world-cup-tuneup/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) some eight weeks before seemed **thing but a vague memory

Sure, U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann trotted out a diamond midfield formation similar to the one that wreaked a half of havoc on Mexico on April 2. Sure, after last week's painful cuts (http://mashable.com/2014/05/23/klinsmann-son-landon-do**van-tweet/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) that included American soccer legend Landon Do**van, Klinsmann had his final 23-man World Cup (http://mashable.com/category/world-cup/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) squad playing its first official game together. Sure, Azerbaijan was supposed to be an easy practice match before the World Cup's lethal Group G Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/28/usmnt-world-cup-exhibition-azerbaijan/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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