The USMNT has gotten beyond the round of 16 just once in the modern era of American soccer. Call it the exuberance of youth, but this group talks openly of winning the World Cup, nrarmour writes.
Of the four teams that have advanced so far, the USMNT went through with the fewest points and the fewest goals scored . They also are the only ones not to have given up a goal in the run of play. The shutouts against England and Iran gave the U.S. men consecutive clean sheets at a World CupAdmittedly, it’s a small sample size.
, and that was even with 35-year-old Tim Ream starting — the Americans have rarely looked overwhelmed or flustered. Even when nine minutes of stoppage time were announced against Iran, a team that had scored three of its four goals after the 90th minute, the USMNT simply dug back in. "There was a calmness about the team. There was almost an ease with which we were able to deal with a lot of the situations," Ream said. “Obviously there's going to be moments where things get a little bit squeaky, but I looked around and everybody had calm faces. Nobody was breathing heavy and had panic in their eyes."
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