Will the visitors shout down the U.S. fans???

SANDY, Utah --Your intrepid journalist here failed to pack his digital camera. So I can't show you the festive scene outside Rio Tinto right now, one that has a suspiciously blue hue.

In other words, the Salvadoran fans are in the house.  And rocking.

They've got horns and flags, and they aren't afraid to use them, lining the streets outside Rio Tinto, the arresting Wasatch Mountains in the background.  The U.S. fans? Uh, yeah … I can only presume they are still checking out the Mormon Tabernacle, or coming in from an afternoon hike or bike in the nearby mountains.

I really had assumed that this would be a hugely pro-American crowd. And it may be yet. Foreign fans are great about arriving outrageously early to get their flag and fan on.

It's a small stadium. The Salvadoran fans are in blue. The Yankee supporter will be in red, so we'll know a lot more in an hour and a half. But know this: If U.S. officials can't create a home-field advantage in suburban Salt Lake City, Utah, they might as well give up.

Lineups soon ... here's how they'll line up

                                    Howard

 Spector       Bocanegra       Marshall      Bornstein

                         Bradley          Feilhaber

Dempsey                                                          Donovan

                   Davies                          Altidore