No, the simple truth is they just aren’t good enough.For whatever reason people in the US, and i suspect it’s mainly those who watch football once every four years, seriously thought their team might win the title. This was never going to happen, and i don’t mean it might happen only once in a blue moon, i mean not before hell freezes over.
Yes, they looked really good in the group phase, albeit against weak teams. But realistically elimination in the round of 16 was absolutely par for the course. Yes, on a (very) good day they can beat Belgium, but even though the way they lost was disastrous the loss in itself simply was the expected result.
The US may have played with more heart if their probably unfairly red carded player has been kept out. The best athletes in the US simply do not choose soccer.