Amid the euphoria of Saturday night's unexpected U.S. victory over Honduras and the clinching of a place in soccer's 2010 World Cup, there was also a hard reality check.

Colorado Rapids forward Conor Casey scored his first two international goals in the second half of last night’s CONCACAF World Cup 2010 qualifier at Honduras before Landon Donovan added the game winner as the United States clinched its sixth straight World Cup berth with a 3-2 victory.

Match: United States vs. Honduras
Date: October 10, 2009
Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier – Final Round
Venue: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano – San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Kickoff: 8 p.m. MT
Weather: 80 degrees

Lineups:

USA: 1-Tim Howard; 2-Jonathan Spector, 5-Oguchi Onyewu, 3-Carlos Bocanegra (capt.), 12-Jonathan Bornstein; 7-Stuart Holden (6-Steve Cherundolo, 90+3), 13-Ricardo Clark, 4-Michael Bradley, 10-Landon Donovan; 9-Charlie Davies (17-Jozy Altidore, 79), 8-Conor Casey (16-Benny Feilhaber, 84)
Subs not used: 11-Kenny Cooper, 14-Jose Torres, 15-Jimmy Conrad, 18-Brad Guzan
Head Coach: Bob Bradley

HON: 18-Noel Valladares; 16-Mauricio Sabillon, 2-Osman Chavez, 3-Maynor Figueroa, 12-Emilio Izaguirre; 17-Edgard Alvarez (11-David Suazo, 64), 6-Hendry Thomas (7-Ramon Nunez, 75), 8-Wilson Palacios, 10-Julio Cesar de Leon (15-Walter Martinez, 80); 13-Carlo Costly, 9-Carlos Pavon

Scoring Summary:

HON – Julio Cesar de Leon (unassisted) 47th minute
HON – Julio Cesar de Leon (David Suazo) 78
USA – Conor Casey (Charlie Davies) 55
USA – Conor Casey (Landon Donovan) 66
USA – Landon Donovan (unassisted) 71

USA vs Honduras Concacaf World Cup Video (YouTube)