How Did This Happen
It was just three years ago that our men’s national soccer team skulked out of France in what, in a more devout soccer nation, would have produced a frenzy of national mortification. Three games, three losses (including a July 4th boot in the stars-and-stripes at the feet of Iran and-au revoir-a 32nd-place finish in a 32-team competition). It appeared a grievous blow to America’s aspirations to join the ranks of the major soccer powers....