NIGEL MARTYN: David Moyes will hope USA give Tim Howard a World Cup breather

Tim Howard 300I SUSPECT David Moyes' transatlantic hotline will have been buzzing as soon as news reached these shores that USA had qualified for next summer's World Cup finals.Of course the Blues boss will have been sending his congratulations to goalkeeper Tim Howard for reaching the pinnacle of every player's career.But with Thursday morning's final USA qualifier against Costa Rica now effectively a dead rubber - at least as far as the Americans are concerned - he will be making the polite suggestion that perhaps Tim could sit out this final match and maybe even return to England early.If Tim does play the final game of USA's qualification campaign it gives him a very difficult preparation for Saturday's visit of Wolves.Physically it will be a breeze.But mentally he will be tired. That's a fact.

Source: Liverpool_Echo