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reaction from Landon Donovan, Chris Wittingham and me to the US men's national teams one

they lost to Panama in World Cup qualifying game five. Landon is in San Diego where he

coaches San Diego loyal. Chris is in South Florida and I am in Panama City, Panama where

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Reeling a bit after last night's defeat at the hands of Panama, looking like every game

that's ever been played in Panama by the United States. Sometimes they win, sometimes they

draw for the first time ever. They lost. Yeah, I'm a little under the weather so pardon

my even more than normal, monotone and drab voice. It was a, I hate to say, but pretty much

what I expected from the game and then Panama made the play to win it. So tough to lose that

way, but now no time to, no time to be down about it. You got another one in two days.

So they got to get, got to get moving. Just being down here in Panama, really excited

fans here, obviously in that stadium yesterday. First time that Panama had ever beaten the

US in nine tries and World Cup qualifying. And October 10th, you know, it's really a kind

of a cursed date at this point for the US men's national team. October 10th four years ago

was the day the US lost in Trinidad failed to qualify for the World Cup. October 10th

this year, maybe the worst day since for the US men's national team, and we can put it

in perspective, right? The US hasn't failed to qualify for a World Cup, but it is the first

US lost in the five games they've had so far in this cycle of World Cup qualifying. Landon,

you say as expected to you, and I'm wondering in what way was this expected to you?

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