"USA vs. Honduras 0-1, honduras just got a nice goal." TwitPic posted by @ratekin	"USA VS. Honduras!! Amazingg seats! GO USA!!!" TwitPic posted by @MOgulnick	"Currently at Soldiers Field awaiting the start of the USA/Honduras World Cup Qualifier." TwitPic posted by @RaspberryDuff
"Can't wait for my 1st @ussoccer home game! Today, nice to be @SoldierField w all of Honduras" TwitPic posted by @tanyakeith	"At soldier field for USA vs Honduras" TwitPic posted by @ozdigitalllc	"Look at all that blue and white. Um, go home Honduras!!" TwitPic posted by @samthrax
"There is an impressive amount of honduras fans here" TwitPic posted by @coatney	"Honduras vs US soccer match @ soldier field. game starts @ 7pm already tailgating Honduran style" TwitPic posted by @mariyasan	"Fans outside the Honduras hotel. Crazy" TwitPic posted by @brianching Player for Houston Dynamo MLS team
"Not a bad view. Wish i was playing though." TwitPic posted by @brianching Player for Houston Dynamo MLS team	"The boys defend a Honduran corner kick." TwitPic posted by @samthrax	Thanks for the great TwitPics everyone!

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We also have @pjflynn23 at Fado Irish Pub tweeting about the bar scene watching the game here in Chicago.  Keep up with all of their tweets on our Game Log for a recap.

"Lots of #Honduras fans at Soldier Field" TwitPic posted by @ckanal	"@BTsports nothing but blue clad fans here an hour and a half before game #USHON" TwitPic posted by @BTSports_Brian	"@BTsports Soldier Field prepares for US soccer #USHON" TwitPic posted by @BTSports_brian
"@BTsports The U.S. Fans are proving to be just as passionate #USHON" TwitPic posted by @BTSports_brian	"@BTsports huge Honduras flag! #USHON" TwitPic posted by @BTSports_brian	" @BTsports The Hondurans take the field to the delight of the crowd #USHON" TwitPic posted by @BTSports_brian
"@BTsports US and Honduras line up for national anthems #USMNT #Honduras" TwitPic posted by @BTSports-brian	"@BTsports U-S-A, U-S-A! #USMNT" TwitPic posted by @BTSports-brian	Be sure to see @BTSports_brian’s live game commentary!

Want more TwitPics? Well, our @BTSports reporters aren’t the only ones with TwitPics and commentary from the game. We found tons of other TwitPics from Soldier Field and pre-game around Chicago!

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   BTSports_Brian @BTsports Brrr! Sun has gone down and temp is NOT 68 like weather channel said it’d be #USMNT #Honduras 07 Jun 2009 from TwitterBerry
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   pjflynn23 @btsports honduras is owning possession, but the people at Fado don’t seem to mind. #USMNT #ussoccer 07 Jun 2009 from TwitterFon
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   BTSports_Brian @BTsports Beasley can’t control pass: wide open too. Should have had it! #USMNT 07 Jun 2009 from TwitterBerry
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   BTSports_Brian @BTsports! OH! Can’t believe that shot was missed by US. As sure a goal that there ever could be #USMNT 07 Jun 2009 from TwitterBerry

Can't wait for my 1st @ussoccer home game! Today, nice to be @SoldierField w all of Honduras (via @tanyakeith)

Goal! In the 69th minute, Carlos Bocanegra took a pass from Clint Dempsey and put it past the Honduran keeper Noel Valladares:

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   Coxymoney GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL LANDON CORNER TO DEMPSEY TO BOCANEGRA 07 Jun 2009 from Ping.fm
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   willsmall09 Bocanegra the brave! Nice goal. 07 Jun 2009 from Twitterrific
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   BTsports 131 Bocanegra tweets in 4 minutes, Carlos’ goal is hot on #Twitter – #USMNT #Honduras #WorldCup 07 Jun 2009 from web
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   aterp86 Bocanegra baby!! Keep it up USA, let’s get this win! 07 Jun 2009 from web
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   drowcliffe Watford FC representing! RT @matchfitusa: Bocanegra scores for U.S., then has to come off only minutes later. Demerit on in central defense. 07 Jun 2009 from TweetDeck

With under ten minutes remaining, can the Americans hang on for a much needed “W?”

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   soccerdotcom Don’t take the foot off the gas yet guys. Let’s get that 3rd goal & put it away. #usmnt #yermakinmenervous 07 Jun 2009 from web
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   danielstroud #USMNT Don’t rest on the 1 goal lead. Charge through the final whistle. Play like we’re a goal down. 07 Jun 2009 from web
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   bzenner eight minutes left in US v Honduras, I don’t see H getting a goal to tie it…nice job #USMNT, we’ll take the three points 07 Jun 2009 from web
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   akh003 Dodged a few serious bullets there! #USMNT 07 Jun 2009 from TweetGrid
   
   

Although it seemed like the Honduran fans outnumbered the American fanbase before the game, chants of “USA! USA!” broke through the unseasonably cool June evening air during four minutes of stoppage time. The chants were heard across the Twittersphere as well:

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   abbrody eek 4 mins of stoppage time! Hold on boys!!! #USMNT 07 Jun 2009 from TweetDeck
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   nigelgandy Ohhhhhh usaaaaaaaa usa! Usa! Usa! 07 Jun 2009 from TweetGenius
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   aaronjayne 2 minutes, if we can hold out this win it would be amazing, go USA!!! 07 Jun 2009 from TwitterFon
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   aimeelee77 Whoooo! Yeah USA! 1 minute left!!!! 07 Jun 2009 from web
   
   

The 2-1 victory over Honduras pushes the Americans one step closer to playing in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Here are the final thoughts from @BTSports_Brian and other Twitterers celebrating the much-needed win:

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   pjflynn23 @btsports there seems to be some jokes about Honduras now getting beat by the “bloody” Americans. Always a good thin to hear at Fado #USMNT 07 Jun 2009 from TwitterFon
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   afeinphoto_com USA wins. One step closer to world cup next year:-) 07 Jun 2009 from txt
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   bfritchie USA beats Honduras, 2-1! Still not qualified for World Cup yet, but getting there! 07 Jun 2009 from HootSuite
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   macosta5811 RT @olivertse USA 2-1 Honduras FT. USA 10pts in 5 games. Need 2 wins out of next 5 games to reach 16pts & qualification for World Cup 2010 07 Jun 2009 from web
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   BTSports_Brian @BTsports It’s all over at Soldier Field! US two- Honduras one. Thanks for tuning in! #USMNT #Honduras 07 Jun 2009 from TwitterBerry

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   hexablog #hexagonal09 In Soldier Field…must be at least 15-1 Honduran fans here. Even in the club seats. 06 Jun 2009 from TwitterBerry
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   radiomogul At Soldier Field now. The place is a sea of blue and white. One again, Sam’s Army is in the minority. htp://twitpic.com/6saqt 06 Jun 2009 from TweetDeck
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   chicagosessions At Soldier Field. Hondurans out in FULL FORCE. 06 Jun 2009 from Twitterrific
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   mek2600 at soldier field in #chicago watching #usa vs #honduras in a world cup qualifying match. usa! usa! #worldcup (so many hondurians!) 06 Jun 2009 from TinyTwitter

Here is a scene pre-game at Soldier Field. Can you spot the American fan(s)?

USA vs Honduras soccer game!!! (@sethboyte)

There was some pre-game confusion as to which ESPN channel the game would originally air on due to NCAA baseball super regional action on the network. @ussoccer cleared up the confusion:

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   jaredstimson @ussoccer still on espn right? 06 Jun 2009 from UberTwitter in reply to ussoccer
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   bdure_usat Keeping an eye out for whether @ussoccer game against Honduras will be moved to another ESPN net. College baseball running long. 06 Jun 2009 from TweetDeck
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   ThisIsVictorKim @ussoccer what’s this college baseball on espn? any alternate channels? 06 Jun 2009 from web in reply to ussoccer
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   ussoccer TV UPDATE: The broadcast will start on ESPN classic and then switch to ESPN when the baseball game ends… 06 Jun 2009 from web

@BTSports_brian provides some pre-game observations from Soldier Field:

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   BTSports_Brian @BTsports The crowd noise is deafening especially on lower level #USHON 06 Jun 2009 from TwitterBerry
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   BTSports_Brian @BTsports The whole crowd is blue except for one red spot. Everyone is going crazy as Honduras takes the field #USHON 06 Jun 2009 from TwitterBerry
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   BTSports_Brian http://twitpic.com/6sd0u – @BTsports The Hondurans take the field to the delight of the crowd #USHON 06 Jun 2009 from TwitPic
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   BTSports_Brian http://twitpic.com/6sdmh – @BTsports The Americans take the field to cheers and boos and begin to warm up #USHON 06 Jun 2009 from TwitPic
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   BTSports_Brian @BTsports Honduran fans are doing the wave– pregame!– and even the giant hanging blue and white flags are getting raised #USHON 07 Jun 2009 from TwitterBerry

The teams line up for their respective national anthems:

US and Honduras line up for national anthems #USMNT #Honduras (via @BTSports_Brian)

Action early on proved costly to the Americans as Carlos Costly of Honduras scored in the fifth minute. Costa Rica scored within the first two minutes on Wednesday night, and the Americans were not able to bounce back. Lets see how this turns out. First, reactions after the first goal:

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   BTSports_Brian @BTsports Honduras strikes first 4 min in! Big left-footed shot just outside of box! #Honduras 07 Jun 2009 from TwitterBerry
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   jyesko Honduras 1 USA 0. 5th minute. Crowd goes wild. 07 Jun 2009 from Tweetie
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   CorrSports Honduras goal by Costly in 5th. Honduras fans going wild … some people who shouldn’t be cheering are nearby me 07 Jun 2009 from web
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   tokissthecook Hondurans scored, Soldier Field in its entirety shook, 70% of the crowd THREW their beers. 84 minutes to go. Yikes! 07 Jun 2009 from mobile web

While action at Soldier Field proves to be exciting in the opening minutes, action at the pub scene in Chicago seems to be tame. @pjflynn23 reports from Fado, known to be a high-energy soccer bar in Chicago:

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   pjflynn23 @BTsports I’m gonna have some tweets live from Fado. THE place to watch soccer in Chicago supposedly. I’ll be the judge of that… 06 Jun 2009 from TwitterFon
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   pjflynn23 @btsports Fado is pretty quiet. Hear it was crazy an hour go. Everyyone went to the game. It’s filling slowly though#ushon 07 Jun 2009 from TwitterFon
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   pjflynn23 @btsports people at Fado laughing at slow US start. Nobody really interested in game yet though. #Honduras 07 Jun 2009 from TwitterFon

Back to first-half action on the field per @BTSports_Brian:

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   BTSports_Brian @BTsports another US free kick this time from 30yds out but again off #USMNT 07 Jun 2009 from TwitterBerry
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   BTSports_Brian @BTsports yellow card on US! #USMNT 07 Jun 2009 from TwitterBerry
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   BTSports_Brian @BTsports High US shot over the goal! Great chance off header! #USMNT 07 Jun 2009 from TwitterBerry
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   BTSports_Brian @BTsports Donovan sent a cross far side to head of defense. Tried one time shot before it landed but tooi high #USMNT #Honduras 07 Jun 2009 from TwitterBerry
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   BTSports_Brian @BTsports since Honduras scored, the ball has been in US end most of the time #USMNT 07 Jun 2009 from TwitterBerry

Just before hafltime, American Landon Donovan put one in the back of the net in the 43rd minute off a penalty kick:

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   BTSports_Brian @BTsports Honduras handball in box! PK time! #USMNT 07 Jun 2009 from TwitterBerry
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   BTSports_Brian @BTsports Donovan to shoot #USMNT 07 Jun 2009 from TwitterBerry
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   BTSports_Brian @BTsports GOAL!!! Upper right! #USMNT 07 Jun 2009 from TwitterBerry
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   pjflynn23 @btsports the only reaction to the US goal at Fado was a high piitched girl yelling “no!” #USMNT 07 Jun 2009 from TwitterFon
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   BTSports_Brian http://twitpic.com/6smlz – @BTsports Donovan scores and US fans go crazy #USMNT 07 Jun 2009 from TwitPic

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“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

Where will you be watching the US-Honduras match? Comment below and follow @BTsports as we run a Live Tweet Log and provide Twitpics of the match!

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“US Soccer Team warming up for practice in Soldier Field.”
TwitPic posted by @pjflynn23

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