Funny thing is is that the USA did not make it to the world cup............

USA soccer's botched World Cup 2018 campaign will have lasting ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../after-getting-knocked-out-of-2018-world-cup-u-s-s...

Oct 11, 2017 - PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago — The failure of the U.S. men's national soccer team to qualify for the World Cup — a feat it had accomplished without considerable trouble for two decades — will have severe implications for those involved in the botched campaign and a sport that has gained a ...

USA's World Cup failure was a catastrophe years in the making ...

https://www.theguardian.com/.../oct/.../usa-world-cup-2018-qualifying-soccer-footbal...

1. Cached

Oct 11, 2017 - The worst defeat in the history of the United States national team, the record will show, played out over an hour and a half on a sweltering weeknight before a few hundred spectators at Ato Boldon Stadium, confines so modest even its namesake questioned why it was chosen for a World Cup qualifier, and ...

The United States is out of the 2018 World Cup with embarrassing loss ...

www.businessinsider.com/united-states-misses-world-cup-2017-10

1. Cached

Oct 11, 2017 - The United States Men's National Team are out of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. It's the first time since 1986 that the team will miss out on the tournament. Needing only a draw to punch their ticket to Russia, the USMNT traveled to Trinidad & Tobago for their final game of World Cup qualification. Before the ...