You know as Bill Parcells says, "You are what you are." This is where the US is right now, they are in that middle-tier of teams, capable of beating most teams in North America, but nowhere near the elite European teams.
Last year the second-string English team wiped the field with the US "A" team in Chicago.
I counted three US players standing around in the 2nd goal from the top of the key. Lot of sloppy passing and "kick and run" plays. CZ was blazing fast, too; smoked our guys on sprints.