Kevin Baxter: Dave Sarachan deserves reward for steadying an uncertain US national team
LOS ANGELES - When the men's national soccer team gathers this week at StubHub Center for its first training camp of the new year, it will do so beneath a dark, heavy cloud of uncertainty.
Uncertainty because, for the first time since 1986, the U.S. is entering a World Cup year without an invitation to the big summer dance. At this point, the team isn't even sure when it will play its next competitive match.
Uncertainty because, next month in Orlando, the U.S. Soccer Federation will be holding its first contested election for president in
