It’s been nearly eight months since my home team failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but the bitter taste left in American mouths after their team dropped a decisive 2-1 defeat to Trinidad & Tobago remains nonetheless. Mexico later failed to bail out the USMNT, losing to Honduras 3-2 and making that fateful October an utter catastrophe for the Stars and Stripes. This is still all too tragic, because it comes four years after the US impressively clawed their way out of a tough group stage — made up of Germany, Portugal and Ghana — making it the second straight instance they made it to the knockout round. But the seeming renaissance of American soccer has been abruptly...
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