JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jozy Altidore made U.S. history. So did Christian Pulisic.Altidore scored twice in a three-minute span of the second half, Sacha Kljestan and Paul Arriola had goals and the United States beat Trinidad and Tobago 4-0 on Tuesday night to reach the final round of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup.The Americans (4-1-1) finished atop Group C of the semifinal round in the North and Central American and Caribbean region and open the hexagonal on Nov. 11 against Mexico. That match almost certainly will be in Columbus, Ohio, where the U.S. has won four straight qualifiers over El Tri by 2-0 scores.No doubt in my mind, coach Jurgen Klinsmann said of the site.U.S. Soccer Federation President Sunil Gulati later tweeted: Guerra Fria?After U.S. hosts Mexico, it plays four days later at Costa Rica.Altidore, who missed most of the 2014 World Cup and all of this years Copa America because of hamstring injuries, hopes to remain on the field.Im just trying to stay healthy, man, he said. I know I have a lot to give if Im healthy. But thats the key. For me, its just trying to stay on the field, and I know if I do that, I can help the team.Altidore etched his name in the record book by becoming the United States leader with 16 qualifying goals, two more than Clint Dempsey.Pulisic made his first U.S. start after seven appearances as a substitute, and at 17 years, 353 days, became the youngest American to start a qualifier. Landon Donovan had set the mark of 18 years, 184 days against Honduras in 2001 -- the last home qualifier the Americans lost.Pulisic, who had two goals and an assist against St. Vincent and the Grenadines last week, showed pace and an ability to take on defenders down the left flank. He assisted on Altidores second goal.Pulisic also had a memorable miss when his sliding shot in the first half hit the left post, ricocheted across the face of the goal and bounced off the right post.I dont think Ive ever seen anything like that, he said. After that, I didnt think I was going to score because theres no way after something like that. Disappointing.Coaches and teammates raved about the teenagers poise.Its crazy, Altidore said. Seventeen years old and he has a calmness when he gets the ball. He can glide by people almost effortlessly. The challenge for him is to stay hungry and keep improving and for you guys to leave him alone. He doesnt need to be reading about himself too much right now. He just needs to keep his head and keep working.Added Klinsmann: I dont want to give him too many compliments. Got to keep him down on the ground.Trinidad (3-2-1) already had clinched a final-round berth and finished two points back, one ahead of Guatemala (3-2-1), which was eliminated despite a 9-3 rout of St. Vincent that included five goals by Carlos Ruiz.Kljestan put the U.S. ahead in the 44th minute, and Altidore doubled the lead off Fabian Johnsons cross in the 59th. Altidore got his 37th international goal three minutes later, and with the chance for a hat trick chipped over the crossbar after Pulisic helped him break in as injury time started.We were flowing, Altidore said. It was good. Guys were moving and creating space and being crafty. When were like that, were on our game and were at our most dangerous.Kljestan scored with a toe shot from 10 yards out. After a throw in, Johnson played the ball to Kljestan, who flicked it back to the left back. He passed to Pulisic, whose cross was knocked out by Khaleem Hyland to teammate Radanfah Abu Bakr. His clearance hit Kljestans midsection, and Kljestan scored for the second straight game since his return to the national team, his sixth goal in 48 international appearances.Johnson set up the second goal with a cross to Altidore, who juked MeKeil Williams, turned and scored from 13 yards.His second goal was even niftier. Pulisic used a give-and-go with Kljestan to get open and then crossed to Altidore for a tap-in near the far post.Arriola was making his second appearance. He scored in an exhibition win at Puerto Rico on May 22.Were a little bit more dynamic, said Tim Howard, who made his 32nd World Cup qualifying appearance and passed Kasey Keller for the most among American goalkeepers. We added some young players to the fold. Well, maybe they were part of it but theyre getting opportunities now. They make us a little more dynamic. Were shifty. Were able to press. 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There is an implied danger in almost everything he does.It starts with the run up to the crease; it gathers in desperation. Every single pace gets longer as he gets close as if he is desperate to bowl the ball. Powerful and manly. And then those shoulders open up at the crease, and the ball isnt delivered, its hurled.Then pure pace. It feels quicker than the speed gun ever tells us. It has heat and anger. As does he, quite often after the ball has just missed the batsman. When he appeals, it is a full-throated demand. There is nothing polite about it, it isnt an inquiry, you will give him his wicket.When he takes a wicket, he performs full body screams. They take longer than his run up, and are every bit as off-putting as his bouncer. Hes just as likely to look angry at a wicket as happy.The only real problem is he just doesnt do it enough.****Everyone has a favourite Wahab spell. Not a day, not a ball, almost never an innings, but almost always a spell. Wahab is not an all-day man, he is one huge presence for a short period. But if you have seen it, it is all you can think about.Hemant Buch, the Ten Sports producer, once talked to Waqar Younis about a spell he thought was great for Wisden India, to which Waqar said, This wasnt a great spell at all. If he had bowled a great spell, he would have taken three or four wickets. How many of his deliveries would have hit the stumps? Almost none. And he was getting so much reverse swing, if he had just kept it within the stumps, Stokes would have been a dead duck. And the others would have struggled too.Perhaps the most famous of Wahabs spells was him up against Shane Watson. It wasnt a spell; it was an experience.For Watson it was about survival, he was still unsettled by his friend Phil Hughes dying, and he hadnt played the short ball well since that happened. And hed sledged Wahab earlier.For the rest of us, it was a heavyweight bout, with one guy trying to duck and weave, while landing the odd punch and the other guy throwing haymakers with precision and anger.When Wahab ran past Watson and started clapping, the theatre came in as well. Dangerous theatre. From then on in, it didnt matter that Australia won easily, it didnt matter that Watson was unbeaten, it didnt matter that Smith played him more easily, it didnt matter that catches went down, Wahab v Watson became the thing people remembered from that match, and for some, the thing they remembered from the whole World Cup.It was as if Wahab wasnt bowling from the other end, but letting go from right under Watsons throat. Few people have ever made blowing a kiss such an act of war.But for all of Wahabs bounce, his pace, his fire, he only took two wickets in that spell, and that was never going to be enough. And like much of Wahabs career, the theatre was better than the reality.Shane Watson has a better Test bowling average than Wahab Riaz.****Usually, in Test Cricket, talent wins out. There are players, such as Mark Ramprakash, who through a series of unfortunate events dont quite make it after playing a fair bit of cricket. For bowlers, it can sometimes be easier; they dont get shelved after one bad shot, one poor decision. They may release the ball and hope for the best, but over time they usually get what they deserve.There are those rare creatures who for all the talent, hard work and weapons, still just struggle to take wickets. Mike Hendrick ended with a bowling average of 25, he played 30 Tests and yet he took only 87 wickets, not one five-wicket haul among them. Then there was Chris Martin who bowled endless quality spells that beat the bat and produced little and ended with a bowling average of 33. And Javagal Srinath, probably the third best quick from India, who took 21 Tests to produce his first five-wicket haul.Wahab is faster than all of them, capable with the new ball, and can also destroy with the old ball. He has played around the world, has limited-overs confidence behind him and generallyy is part of a decent attack.dddddddddddd. And in his six-year career, he has 51 wickets from his 17 Tests. If you are a batsman, and he is in one of the Wahab the Wrecker moods, those numbers would seem like a prank from the scoreboard attendant.****We dont remember Wahab as a disappointment; we remember him for the spells.In Dubai 2015, Wahab came on with England well set. He had taken one wicket early on in the innings, but now Root and Bairstow were in danger of taking the game away from Pakistan. Wahab took Root, then Stokes and then Buttler. England lost 6 for 32.In Colombo 2014, Wahab came on with Sri Lanka about to take the game away from Pakistan. In one over Wahab took Dickwella and Perera, and then almost took Prasads head off. Sri Lanka lost their last five wickets for 35 runs.This is the Wahab we remember. That flashes in front of our eyes as his name is used. Balls that punch past batsman, reverse swing that kicks pads out the way, and him screaming through past the batsman in pained ecstasy. But in Test Cricket, it doesnt happen much.If you are waiting for all the other tales of great spells and match defining moments, there arent many. Wahab took a five-wicket haul on debut, and since then, that Dubai Test against England is the only time he has taken more than three wickets in an innings.The spell against Watson and Australia was only two wickets. And even his five-wicket haul against India in the World Cup was too little, spread over several non-match defining spells, and his only five-wicket haul. Hes like an apex predator who wings you in the most gloriously vicious way, and then lets you live.At Lords for day five of this series, he was perhaps at his most Wahab. If anyone was going to blast through Bairstow and Woakes, it was Wahab and his pace and his reverse swing, and his personality. That reverse swing, so heavy it looked like only he could lift it. He ran on the wicket, he ran off the wicket; he ran around the wicket, and he banged the ball so hard into the wicket the whole world shook. He bowled a spell so monstrous that it cast a shadow over an already incredible Test. His reverse swing rockets from around the wicket and seemed to get more vicious and scarier with every moment. And Lords tightened up as if it was under attack.And at the end of all that manly, brutal, skilful, dastardly display of Pakistani fast bowling aggression he took no wickets.****Today he had a chance to make his first real mark on this series. The pace was there, and he was controlling the ball well, and his carry was scarily good. And England were jumping. Here he was at the only Test ground he had ever conquered, and with a chance to square the series. He was at Alastair Cook. Pakistan replaced their first slip, but it was pretty much the same outcome: Pakistan bowler produces error from batsman; Pakistan slip produces error from hands. Cook is dropped. But Wahab keeps powering through, and a quick short ball takes the edge of Root. Then the same kind of ball, but better, and more Wahab in every way, rips up and across James Vince like a surprise uppercut and Vince edges behind. Then it is Gary Ballance, in the same spell the other side of lunch, pushing half forward, and edging to slip.Moeens first ball crashes into his team crest and makes a sickening noise. Wahab gestures to Moeen to see if he is alright, and then just heads back to his mark to finish him off.Wahab is on fire. Pakistan are charging. But Wahab wont add to this wickets in that spell, or any spell after. There will be a wicket of Jonny Bairstow, which he celebrates while the umpire calls no ball, and there will be an over where Woakes and Moeen take him for 17 runs, and thats it. Pakistan, and Wahab, dont capitalise on his spell.Wahab should have dismissed five of the top six; he should have owned the day for Pakistan. Instead it is a Wahab kind of day. Its memorable, but not that lucrative.Wahab the wolf huffs and puffs, and ends with 3 for 93. ' ' '