We came very close to making the semis in 2002, when we lost to Germany in the Quarterfinals, and even afterwards the German players said that the US outplayed them, but were just unlucky.
Torsten Frings handball on the line...no PK called.
We haven’t been to the semifinals since the first World Cup in 1930.
Still, this year is probably the best chance we’ve had in a long time.