Well, that's a bit of a straw-man. I'm suprised that anyone thought this. In the first round the rule is: Brazil, Argentina, Italy are "very likely to win the World Cup" - no one else is!
Thats true. I'm surprised that many thought we had a chance of winning.
I'm sure we could field a better team, but I recall hearing something on the radio that how the team was picked would not produce the most ideal team. How is the US team picked anyway??