Stingy El Salvador hold USA to scoreless draw in World Cup qualifying opener
by Associated Press from on (#5P3XK)
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The United States showed promise but no ability to finish in its pandemic-delayed World Cup qualifying opener, drawing 0-0 at El Salvador on Thursday night in the type of Central American stadium that repeatedly has stymied the Americans.
Both teams created few chances before a boisterious yet polite sellout crowd of about 30,000 that started filling Monumental Estadio Cuscatlan, Central America's largest, about eight and a half hours before kickoff.
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