10-11-2017, 08:32 AM
Now our government won't be distracted with the optics of going or not going to Russia in 2018. Hopefully the ability to remove that likely distraction will be a benefit for the USA. (Silver lining if you will.)
The problem wasn't the loss to T&T as in soccer any one game can have an unfavorable result. T&T, at home, had done OK in the Hex as all of the home games were close. The problem was the USA team was in a position to need a result in game #10. Should not have happened, but I must confess as I watched the US vs CONCACAF in games this year I always had the impression that the team probably would not do well in Russia.
FWIW - The final USA Hex game was on some obscure network. In most countries, given that the team had not clinched, that contest would have been on a very prominent national network. The fact the game was on a network I had never watched before says all you need to know about USA soccer.
The problem wasn't the loss to T&T as in soccer any one game can have an unfavorable result. T&T, at home, had done OK in the Hex as all of the home games were close. The problem was the USA team was in a position to need a result in game #10. Should not have happened, but I must confess as I watched the US vs CONCACAF in games this year I always had the impression that the team probably would not do well in Russia.
FWIW - The final USA Hex game was on some obscure network. In most countries, given that the team had not clinched, that contest would have been on a very prominent national network. The fact the game was on a network I had never watched before says all you need to know about USA soccer.