True, but they barely lost out to France and Sweden......We couldn't even beat out Panama and Honduras.
Sunil Gulati who heads the US Soccer Federation needs to be fired. He has failed to remove nepotism and cronyism. Also youth soccer players who have parents with big money are given priority over inferior soccer players in Olympic Development Programs for youth US Soccer. Not good. Moreover, in the US, soccer is a sport where it’s near impossible for youth to even kind of/sort of develop properly unless your parents have money for expensive soccer trainers, travel, camps, and endless fees. It’s expensive to be on a Division 1 youth soccer team. And then there is the idiotic idea that our best players need to play in the MLS, rather than develop in 1st or 2nd division European leagues. Dumbest thing ever. Finally, Bruce Arena sucks... he needs to be shitcanned. We can do sooo much better. He’s worse than Klinnsmann. These are the bulk of the problems in US Soccer. Of course there are many more. Speaking as a former UNC Chappell Hill Men’s soccer player.