Sometimes it’s nice to root for a scrappy up-and-comer, and this year’s USMNT is exactly that. williamfleitch writes
), Arsenal’s Matt Turner , and, of course, Chelsea’s Christian Pulisic, the superstar and great young hope, the face of this new generation of American players for better or worse. The team struggled a bit in its final matches of preparation for the World Cup, but there’s still plenty of reason for optimism. And at the very least, unlike last time, they’re actually here.
And they sure still look like a growth stock to me. This isn’t the aging core that failed in 2018; from the above group, only Turner is over 24, and he’s a goalkeeper. There’s more talent in the pipeline, and in four years, the U.S. will beThe USMNT are not the favorites to win this tournament: Merely making it out of the group stage would be a victory.
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