I'll never quite understand the inability of a country the size of the US to field a more competitive soccer team on the world class level. Friggin Ghana? That's who eliminates us? I mean, aren't we about 15x larger than that nation? And spare me the 'it's their national sport' bullshirt. Every kid in this country grows up playing soccer and it's in every HS and college. There's tens of millions of kids playing soccer in the US. There should be an adequate talent pool here.

Not for nothing, but it strikes me as odd that the USA seems more competitive at world class cycling than world class soccer over the past decade.