Jozy Altidore Would Provide Huge Boost to USA Against Belgium

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Published: June 28, 2014

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The United States' reward for surviving the Group of Death is a date with Belgium, one of the trendier picks amongst the soccer hipsters to advance deep into this year's tournament. The Belgians, it can be fairly argued, are the better side on paper. 

But the United States could possibly be getting a big boost in time for that game, as Jozy Altidore might—and the "might" can't be stressed enough—be able to return in time for Tuesday's game. Without question, his presence on the pitch would be huge for the United States. 

But how likely is he to return? Well, things are still up in the air, according to Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated:

The first sight that greeted the media when we arrived at U.S. training here after a long flight from Recife on Friday was Jozy Altidore jogging around the perimeter of the practice field at Sao Paulo FC. Ordinarily this wouldn’t be a big deal, but the fact he was doing it (and without limping) suggested Altidore might be ready after his hamstring strain in the opening World Cup match against Ghana to return in the round of 16 clash against Belgium on Tuesday.

'We are very optimistic,' said U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann on Friday. 'Every day is a big step forward with Jozy. It’s 11 days now [since the injury], and it’s looking better every day, so we are optimistic we have him being a part of the Belgium game.'

Dan Wetzel of Yahoo Sports wasn't quite so optimistic:



And Leander Schaerlaeckens of Fox Sports humorously suggested we don't read too much into the whole thing:



While Altidore struggled to find his goalscoring touch for much of the past year, his impact on the United States is huge in so many other ways. The game changed pretty quickly against Ghana when Altidore had to leave to an injury, for instance. Without him deep down the middle, serving as an outlet an...
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