Stayed tune for ‘26. We’re going to be in a much better spot than we are now and at home-ish.
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Stayed tune for ‘26. We’re going to be in a much better spot than we are now and at home-ish.
It seems to be getting much more popular across the country and I could see youth participation moving more from football to soccer. Wouldn't be surprised if we're pretty good in a decade. Going to be a long climb though because it is so engrained in the culture of a lot of these countries.
And you're a clone fan?
What??? This is the youngest WC team we’ve ever had.
We're still consistently ranked in the Top 20 in the world. That is "good". Americans are just used to being in the top 2 or 3 in basically every other sport, so we're spoiled.
In St. Louis, soccer is by far the most popular youth sport - and honestly its not close. Baseball, Hockey and hoops are next in some order, with Football not hitting very high until high school. The soccer popularity here extends well beyond grade/middle school, as it is also huge in high schools.
Uh what? We're 4 years removed from not even making the tournament. We have 1 guy that has world cup experience.
My son plays soccer and while that may be true, that's still probably a pretty rare thing. Certainly not that way in the DSM metro.
Not our golden era, and this is a country of 331 million. We just tied a country that has 1% of that population. Even with the leftovers from other sports we could at least be pretty good.
Walker Zimmerman would like a word with you. We need new center backs. Really missed guys like Brooks today.
Well, yes, but I mean consistently getting out of the group stage at the very least.
I saw good things but not in defense. This team can’t set back and pack it in. They are built to go forward, Zimmerman and Ream are not the stalwarts needed inside and the rest of the guys don’t seem to get the concepts of a pure defensive block. The team looked dangerous again after the made penalty and should have been pushing the whole half.
We wasted every single corner and set piece, not that we’re great at them anyways, but they didn’t even have a chance.
Even though I'm not a regular soccer fan, I always love to watch the World Cup. I do have a question for those more familiar.
It seems the internet pulse is that the US losing to England is a forgone conclusion. At a approx +330 line to win or draw, the odds are long, but far from clear cut. Are upsets not very common to high level soccer?
It seems the internet pulse is that the US losing to England is a forgone conclusion. At a approx +330 line to win or draw, the odds are long, but far from clear cut. Are upsets not very common to high level soccer?
I think we made it out of the group every time since ‘94 2008 not withstanding? Maybe we missed one other time? People’s expectations are so warped on soccer.
I mean just look at this **** where people are basing results off of population. It’s wacky. That’s not how sports works. What group is India in?