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At Japan/Korea we made the quarterfinals, beat Portugal and Mexico rather easilly, tied the host nation Korea, and were not outplayed one bit by Germany, one of our goals was blocked by a hand and if i'm not mistaken their goal came off a set play. We weren't going to win the World Cup in 2002, but we shocked the world with how good we were, and that was with Landon Donovan, DMB, Clint Mathis, Jim (i think) O'Brien still real young.
You guys are looking at United States soccer as the MLS, a league probably comparable to the 2nd or 3rd division in England. Well yes we do have players coming from there, but we also have players coming from Ajax, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspurs, no idea where Reyna is right now...needless to say we have guys doing big things on some of the biggest clubs in the world.
I am going to go as far as saying that I think the United States could beat England right now. We have one of the best goalies in the world (or should I say three of them) and our strikers are superior to Emilie Heskey and Owen lately, Beckham keeps blowing it in the big games...
You know the United States, if there is a sport out there we are going to eventually be dominant in it. We don't need an elite league of our own because our guys can go to the other elite leagues. It is the American mentality to win, as dumb as that may sound, we have a 15 year old who was being recruited by Milan, Inter and others, and they don't have the pressure of the whole nation on their backs because they have choked in international play.
Its not that hard to comprehend that the United States is developing as a soccer power, especially when its happening in your own backyard.
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