The U.S. men’s soccer team got in a light practice at Soldier Field on Friday in preparations for their World Cup qualifying game against Honduras. The U.S. is looking to bounce back after a tough 3-1 loss to Costa Rica on Wednesday in the Central America.

“I think we let ourselves down,” said U.S. team member Jozy Altidore. “But this is a blue collar team and we’ll pick each other up and hopefully show people tomorrow.”

The Americans are looking to start strong this against Honduras, seeing as they trailed to Costa Rica 2-0 just 13 minutes into the game. Nobody knows this more than U.S. midfielder DaMarcus Beasley.

We lost the game in the first five minutes, and that’s not like us,” Beasley said. “We have to show that we’re a team that can bounce back from a result like that.”

“People say we’re have a lot of pressure on us, and to be honest, we do. Because we feel like we’re a good team and we should go to the World Cup, but we need to show it.”

Twitterers are nervous and excited about the  qualifier:

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   rustywatkins Really hoping the US MNT has a better showing tomorrow against Honduras #football #WC2010 05 Jun 2009 from TweetDeck
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   Timhanlon Gut-check time for soccer in Chicago this weekend – Fire tonight vs. Houston, US Nats vs. Honduras Saturday 05 Jun 2009 from Ping.fm
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   gaeblerdotcom Psyched that I have tickets to US-Honduras soccer game tomorrow! 05 Jun 2009 from web
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   drsilva08 Come on US Soccer lets not choke when we play Honduras tomorrow 06 Jun 2009 from web

The U.S. will need to win the remainder of its home matches to qualify. Honduras, the last team to beat the Americans at home in 2001, is heading into the match still riding high from a 3-1 win over Mexico on April 1.

“They’re strong, they’re fast, they’re a lot more organized than past teams we played against,” Beasley said. “So, it’s not going to be easy.”

Honduras will also have the luxury of playing what will probably feel like a home game. The crowd for Saturday’s game is expected to be in the Hondurans favor at around a 4-to-1 ratio.

Beasley believes his team won’t be bothered by the crowd.

“I think the boys, we’re used to it,” he said. “We’ve been playing away games at home for nine or 10 years since I’ve been here.

“You know you’re not going to get a real big crowd unless you go to Columbus (OH),” joked Beasley, referring to an upcoming game against Mexico being held in Columbus, Ohio.

The game kicks-off at 7 p.m. CST.

US Soccer team warming up for practice at Soldier Field-By @pjflynn23

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