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World Cup 2026 predictions
This U.S. team in this World Cup gets to the quarterfinals. If there is a time that they could win one big game, it would be in a home World Cup.
USMNT performance
I ChatGPT'd when was the last time the U.S. beat a top 10 team. It was 2013. Which means exactly zero of these players were part of that game. 13 years we've not beaten a top 10 team.
USMNT player availability
Johnny Cardoso has no injury after undergoing tests. He is 100% fit for the upcoming matches. It blows my mind that he left the camp. Demand that players are constantly there and constantly available.
USMNT tactical continuity
You can't just turn the faucet off and on when the World Cup comes. You need to have these partnerships. Otherwise, what are you doing? You'll never gain understanding.
USMNT team culture
I'm concerned that we haven't beaten a top team. I'm still concerned about our overall nastiness. There's an overall naivety to this team.
Christian Pulisic form
I'm concerned that Christian Pulisic is frustrated. We need the ball to hit him and go in the net at some point in the next two months. He's a way different player when he's not confident.
USMNT squad selection
Three games before a World Cup, you're starting Christian as a nine. He's never played there. You don't know what Ricardo Pepi can give you, you don't know what Ajemang can give you. These are lost opportunities.
US Soccer development
We're just behind technically. We are. And that goes down to academies and coaching. Our youth coaches are doing all this other garbage instead of taking a million touches in every training session.
USMNT goalkeeper selection
I'm disappointed that Matt Freeze didn't get an opportunity against Belgium to make more of these saves. If anybody in the team needs it, he does. He's the one who needs the top-level match experience.
US Soccer management
U.S. Soccer missed a trick big time when they transitioned from 2018. They were so desperate for the media marketing campaign to distance themselves from the stain of not qualifying that they basically mandated that all these young players play.
