This is quite a good post, but the evocation of the Netherlands debacle at the last World Cup is worrisome. The USMNT did not belong on the same field with that Netherlands team, so until they perform well against a top tier team at the Trump World Cup, it'll seem like fool's gold.
That is the hump the USMNT needs to get over as a squad...consistently being a Top 20/knockout level team into a Top 10/quarterfinal regular at the World Cup is not easy.
This is quite a good post, but the evocation of the Netherlands debacle at the last World Cup is worrisome. The USMNT did not belong on the same field with that Netherlands team, so until they perform well against a top tier team at the Trump World Cup, it'll seem like fool's gold.
That is the hump the USMNT needs to get over as a squad...consistently being a Top 20/knockout level team into a Top 10/quarterfinal regular at the World Cup is not easy.