The United States and Ukraine International Friendly match will go on as scheduled on Wednesday and will be from Cyprus after all the unrest in Kiev and elsewhere and it gives Jurgen Klinsmann a chance to get another look at his team and kickoff comes at 2 pm ET on WatchESPN and on TV from ESPN2.
The United States comes in after winning over South Korea and now they travel for their next friendly before finishing up against Mexico and that will be at University of Phoenix Stadium in April. Clint Dempsey was one of the only MLS players to come after the season is getting started this weekend and now the two teams here will get a game going as the international media watches Ukraine and Russia.
Ukraine was ranked 18th in FIFA and did not make the World Cup and the Us comes into the match as underdogs but only slightly and they are looking to get a nice match here before heading to the World Cup. The US is in Group G and that is the toughest in the tournament with Ghana, Portugal and Germany and they will be hard pressed to get out of that into the next stage.
The United States has been knocked out by Ghana in the past two World Cup tournaments and now they are looking to get some momentum heading into the match and this one will be in Cyprus after things were moved. The team sent midfielder Stuart Holden back home to get his knee checked out and in the match on Wednesday
From US Soccer: "The Football Federation of Ukraine confirmed that their team will travel to Cyprus and the match will proceed as scheduled."
