US soccer team to open World Cup qualifying in St. Louis

Published August 05, 2015

ST. LOUIS (AP) The U.S. soccer team will open qualifying for the 2018 World Cup at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

The Cardinals announced Sunday that their stadium will be used for the game Nov. 13.

Given a bye in the first three rounds of qualifying along with the other powers of the North and Central American and Caribbean region, the 34th-ranked United States was drawn into Group C on Saturday for the fourth round.

In addition to No. 64 Trinidad and Tobago, the group will include 105th-ranked Guatemala or No. 107 Antigua and Barbuda, and 135th-ranked Aruba or No. 115 St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Seeking its eighth straight World Cup appearance, the Americans start with a pair of games on Nov. 13 and 17.

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