U.S. to open Cup qualifying at Busch Stadium

ST. LOUIS - The U.S. soccer team will play its opening qualifier for the 2018 World Cup on Nov. 13 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

The St. Louis Cardinals announced Sunday their stadium will be used for the game.

Given a bye in the first three rounds of qualifying along with the other powers of the North and Central American and Caribbean region, the 34th-ranked United States was drawn into Group C on Saturday for the fourth round.

The group includes No. 64 Trinidad and Tobago, the winner of the third-round series between 105th-ranked Guatemala and No. 107 Antigua and Barbuda, and the winner of the series between 135th-ranked Aruba and No. 115 St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Seeking its eighth straight World Cup appearance, the Americans also play a qualifier Nov. 17.