The U.S. planned training schedule took a beating.

The team was supposed to gather in Miami, Fla., Sunday, have a light training session and then a major one Monday. However, with the approach of Hurricane Felix, the team decided to leave early Monday. By the time the team arrived in Guatemala, it could only manage a light run and some stretching. In a public park.

Yesterday, the team was to train at Estadio Mateo Flores, but while it was en route to the facility, it was closed to preserve the field. After a number of frantic phone calls, the Americans were allowed to use the training grounds of Municipal, the local club.

The field was old and not lighted, so U.S. coach Bob Bradley ran a quick, hour-long practice before darkness set in and the team returned to its hotel.

Maurice Edu probably traveled the furthest to get here. He came from Canada by way of Glasgow, Scotland. The Toronto FC midfielder was sold by Major League Soccer to Glasgow Rangers of the Scottish Premier League and traveled to Glasgow for a physical and personal contract negotiations.

Edu must wait to see if he is issued a work permit, but the assumption is he will receive one and could be in alongside U.S. teammate DaMarcus Beasley in the Rangers' midfield this weekend.

Defender Oguchi Onyewu is still officially with Standard de Liège in Belgium but, with the transfer window only open for another two weeks, transfer talks are underway with several clubs. "I let rumors be rumors," Onyewu said. "At this point, I am at Standard Liege, and I haven't been transferred yet. My agent is handling things."

Much the same is true with midfielder Michael Bradley. He remains with SC Heerenveen of the Dutch Eredivisie and, despite rumors of big transfer offers from, among others, Monaco of France, no deal has been done.