I wrote a book about the last 40 years of US men’s soccer. Here is what I learned | Leander Schaerlaeckens

The US men’s national team have high expectations at the 2026 World Cup. To me, that signals miraculous progressThe mere notion that the United States men’s national team will enter this World Cup with a plausible chance of going on a deep run into the knockout stages represents something of a sporting miracle.Consider that after the USMNT placed third at the 1930 World Cup – as one of just 13 countries to turn up, mind you – they were almost totally absent from the global stage for six decades....