Landon Donovan said the United States didn't deserve to qualify for the 2018 World Cup based on how they played.

"We all know in sports anything can happen, you can lose games, that's all part of it. But the lack of urgency to really understand what was it stake was really disheartening for me and candidly it was really hard to watch," Donovan said.

"It should never come down to having score one goal in Trinidad to get to the World Cup. In our history we've had to do that, but I think we're past those days where that should happen. The reality is we lost two games at home in qualifying...and we lost a game in Trinidad against a team that had nothing to play for.

"And so that's sort of the reality of the situation. It's unacceptable in every way and it's disappointing and we got what we deserved.

"If you can't win more games at home in qualifying and if you can't beat Trinidad in a game that matters for us and doesn't for them, then you don't deserve to go to the World Cup."