Photo: ARIC BECKER
The US Men’s National Soccer Team was eliminated from Copa América in the group stage after losing to Uruguay yesterday and the long promised emergence of the US soccer as a prominent international program is again on hold. We keep hearing that the talent is far superior to any squads from the past but they continue to underachieve. Dan Beyer & Monse Bolaños are in for Doug Gottlieb today and they are struggling to wrap their heads around our inability to field a competitive team in the world’s most popular sport.
Dan Beyer: “It feels like we have been in neutral since Eric Wynalda and the 1994 American team broke through when the World Cup was in the United States.”
Monse Bolaños: “We keep hearing that this is a talented team that should be able to get further than we have in 20 years and then they fall flat on their faces.”