MIAMI -- United States coach Jurgen Klinsmann is "confident" that injured starters Jozy Altidore and Fabian Johnson will be available to play when the Americans resume qualifying for the 2018 World Cup against Guatemala on Friday.
Toronto FC forward Altidore has been nursing a sore hamstring for a month and, while Johnson hurt his groin last week playing for German Bundesliga club Borussia Monchengladbach.
Both players were still included on the 26-man roster Klinsmann named on Sunday for Friday's match and another on March 29, also against Guatemala, in Columbus, Ohio (7 p.