Don’t forget, Balogun is only 21. Ollie Watkins and Callum Wilson are 26 and 30

@aka3927

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Dayum he’s only 21? By the way he plays I would’ve guessed at least like 24-25

@a3gill

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US has been dying for someone to take the striker spot too. Good opportunity.

@patg5983

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Very good point. I don’t think Balogun is as good as Watkins (yet) but he’s just as good as Wilson. Kid seems a little English biased.

@theboywonder721

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Yeah, Balo definitely better than Ollie Watkins lmaoooooooo. Balo is 21 and arsenal already regrets loaning him out

@jacobsutton-gb8wg

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Florin is better than both

Hope we can maintain this momentum and make a good showing in 2026 🇺🇸

England shot themselves in the foot with Balogun, over 20 goals in ligue 1 this year only 21 years old, they pissed him off cause English FA doesnt respect non prem players for the most part

@ZkL92

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@dankwaifu Ivan Toney is 28 and was in League One 3 years ago, lets not disrespect Balo by comparing him to that Jamaican

Listen lads...England had a hard enough time with the US BEFORE we found an ACTUAL striker. Balogun wouldn't make the English side as a 21 year old but he most likely would by 2026 and surely by 2030. The US gave the opportunity to a kid on the rise...and he took it. I'm sure it's nothing though...tee-hee...

The USA currently holds all CONCACAF titles… nations league, gold cup, top World Cup qualifier etc. that’s why they say “undisputed”

@cobras35

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Canada finished first in WCQ, but yeah USA holds all the trophies.

@derred723

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@@cobras35 That's important before the tournament. But once the tournment has happened what matters is how you place in the tournament. Nobody cares if you qualify first for the olympic 100 meters if the guy who came in 3rd in qualifying places higher than you when it really mattered. Now that said i was rooting for Canada in the World Cup and thought really they played better good enough in the first two matches to get results.

Walker Zimmerman plays for Nashville, SC in MLS

@chuckobscure5622

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2x defender of the year, at that! 🙂

@tylersimmons6524

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Nearly the Bundesliga 😄

Balogun is as advertised! Really enjoyed this match. Even if it’s a small trophy

They were the last Gold Cup winners too. Maybe that's why he said undisputed -- in the "all the belts" sense.

Balogun is only 21 he's going to be so much better than Watkins and Wilson lmao

Walker Zimmerman has been in the MLS his whole career I believe

@wuxiagamescentral

Жыл бұрын

3 games in the USL but yeah MLS Lifer

Pulisic is properly pronounced "pulisich" but he himself is 2nd generation Croatian-American and grew up pronouncing it Americanized as "pulisick." Presumably his parents pronounced it that way to fit in. But I guess in the UK there are probably a lot more Balkan last names and they are pronounced properly so it feels weird to not pronounce it properly, even if the individual himself prefers it with a different pronunciation.

@hengineer

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fair enough. My mother's mother is Serbian with a last name Utvic, pronounced "ch", but it never really came up.

@psu2dcu

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@@hengineer As a Serbian American I know that when my parents came from Serbia they changed danovic to danovich so that the name sounded correct since there is no ch sound in the latin alphabet. Curiously, the "novi dosli" (new comers) those that have recently come to the US from the Serbia and the Balkans leave the spelling with the vic so the surname sound completely incorrect when pronounced by American of other ethnicities. I agree with @moloko5 that the name sounds incorrect when I hear him say it in the "Americanized" form.

@kevindunn2663

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I think it depends on what part of the U.S you’re from. There are a lot of Bosnians where I live (st. Louis) they came as refugees in the 90s. I believe there was a player that played on the Bosnian Herzegovina national team who was from St. Louis

Chris Richards is currently playing for my favorite team in the Premier league Crystal Palace

@TM-bq5mt

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Glad he made it to AFC Richmond!

@wuxiagamescentral

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I wouldn't say "playing" wish he went to a club that uses him

@isiah23

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@@wuxiagamescentral he’s been injured a lot

@wuxiagamescentral

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@@isiah23 even when he wasn't injured they weren't playing him

@lagronemikal

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@@wuxiagamescentral When they did give him 3 starts (against Newcastle and Man U x 2) he was Palace Player of the Month in only 3 games as a CB. Hopefully Mark Gueye will be leaving Palace this summer and Richards has a chance at a starting role.

Remember the last time USA and Britain played Aiden? It wasn’t some dominant performance by the Brits

As Daz mentioned, Timothy Weah’s father is George Weah- former City player and current President of Liberia!

@ernestojimenez32

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and first and only player from the continent of Africa to win a Ballon D'or!

Balogun was born in New York City (Brooklyn).

Tyler Adams is a starter but he is injured at the moment, also you guys missed Spain as a World Cup winner

Thanks for reacting to this. Any sort of CONCAF trophy is VERY important to us over here on this continent.

Zimmerman (the first shot volley shot) plays in MLS for nashville. He's never played outside MLS. Reyna #7 plays for dortmund

When the commentator says the US are undisputed kings of CONCACAF he's referring to them having won every trophy in the region for a couple years now, and advancing further in the world cup than Mexico or Canada. Their player pool is younger and better than anyone else in N. America and based on this tournament it's not close. Admittedly that's not saying much because CONCACAF is maybe the weakest region in the world. The true test for them will be the Copa America (The Western hemisphere version of the Euros) where they will play much tougher competition from S. America.

@keveyson

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@@curmudgeonaf Bro the US is clearly the class of the region. They just comprehensively thrashed Mexico and Canada. They've won the last four tournaments in the region. Canada may have been number one in qualifying but they didn't advance out of the group at the actual cup and looked bad. I do think they're better than Mexico or anyone else in CONCACAF though.

Y’all need to react to Scott Sterling. Possibly the greatest goalkeeper ever. Man. Myth. Legend

George Weah is the president of Liberia

@commissaryarrick9670

Жыл бұрын

He is president of Liberia but Tim weah was born in New York and grew up in the US with his mom

Watching the USMNT now for almost 30 years, I can honestly say it's been like watching a really long Anime sports series. Literally never any idea what the hell is going to happen this season, but there will be triumph, really vibrant characters with hair I don't understand, and probably fights with the rival gangs (Mexico, all of CONCACAF.) and there's always the prodigal son.

Bro said Callum Wilson and Ollie Watkins. Cmon

@officeblokedaz

Жыл бұрын

Both proven in the top league in the world.

@HOU1996

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@@officeblokedaz Balogun scored 21 goals in a top 5 league this year at the age of 21.

@officeblokedaz

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@@HOU1996 he looks decent. Highly rated by Arsenal too. Need to see him develop over next few years.

Ah yes, that often forgotten Spanish World Cup champion team of 2010

I think there are 8 teams that won the World Cup. I believe Spain won it as well.

@Tu_Padre31

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Yea in 2010

Chris Richards plays for Crystal Palace. I believe he is on loan to them from Bayern Munich he grew up in my hometown and my wife is a childhood friend of his

@willmiles5236

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He’s not on loan Palace bought him last summer

@jasonbrown097

Жыл бұрын

@@willmiles5236 ah you’re correct I couldn’t remember if it was a loan or buy

Adams is still recovering from his injury

Love this channel, keep up the great reactions!

I see the USA making it to the simi finals next World Cup. Majority of players are all under the age of 22 and most play / starting for clubs in the top 4 leagues in the world in Europe. With others making moves to Europe this summer or winter. With many other youths under 16 being sold to big Clubs . Bright future ahead

@marcretro

Жыл бұрын

lol stick to baseball

England has never beaten US in a competitive match 🙂

@Tony-Plinkett

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That's only because, minus the 'Friendlys', they've only seen them a total of 4 times in 72 years... The last time, they barely hung on to get a draw.

@sld1776

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And the US win was at the 1950 World Cup, in a smash-and-grab job for the ages.

@Tony-Plinkett

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@@sld1776 They beat them in 1993, 2-0 in the US Cup...

@sld1776

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@@Tony-Plinkett Is that an official tournament, though? Only counting official matches, The US has one win and two losses. One victory at the US Cup (disputed whether it's a friendly or not), and... zero wins and eight losses in international friendlies. 😄

@Tony-Plinkett

Жыл бұрын

@@sld1776 Well, US Cup was official in the sense when England sent a team... Are you saying Friendlys count for anything now? lol! A co-worker of mine, who is happens to be from Ireland, and who also religiously follows the Premier League, once said in regards to 'Friendlys', that they don't mean anything... FYI.. The US Cup hosted 4 teams: The US (Hosts). Germany, Brazil, and England... England finished last with a record of 0-1-2 kzread.info/dash/bejne/Yq2spMtmhdWYnag.html

I love how all the fans whose teams lose try and downplay the importance of Nation's League. Didn't England get relegated from the top tier? 😂😂😂

@user-tm8je9cv1t

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@dankwaifu same team that struggled to beat usmnt in the wc,skied penalty against france,benched trent,never won any wc since 60+ yrs and still insulting a competition good for u

Spain, you forgot Spain. If it's undisputed then what's all the fighting about? - George Carlin That usage of undisputed apparently was in reference to the USA dominating the tournament.

You also have to remember how young usmnt are..youngest and u all still couldn't beat us and infact we outplayed u all in the WC!! We have a great up n coming team and Reyna i consider better than any midfielder u all have!! He is just special!! Watch him with a full game especially at Dortmund!!

@user-tm8je9cv1t

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if we had balogun that time we would have easily beaten england

I love how you two are talking like the USA are miles below England afterwards ran you off the pitch in last year's World Cup .

@meowski617

Жыл бұрын

Never beaten the US in a World Cup out of three match ups. 0-1-2 I think England is always the most overrated team because they never win. At least in the US we are realistic & know that we will always be considered the underdogs by other countries.

@user-tm8je9cv1t

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@@meowski617 england doesnt have a good team yes they have foden etc but not good,with the way they put trent in the bench just shows how trash there team is

zimmerman plays for mls side nashville sc

Zimmerman plays in MLS for Nashville.

It seems the Nations League has already become more prestigious than the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Jonathan David had 24 goals in Ligue 1 this season...

CONCACAF has two tourneys the National league and the Gold Cup like nations and the euros in uefa, The USA have won the both Nations leagues and the last Gold Cup. So just like a boxer, the US holds all the trophies for CONCACAF at the moment. Balogun is only 20-21, the 9’d in front of Balogun in England are all half a decade or more older than him. Second, in his first year of club play at the senior level he dumped in 21 goals in France. The guy is seriously putting everything together at a quick rate. If he continues to improve there is no reason why he couldn’t surpass those players you mentioned. In addition, I think he didn’t want to wait around for Kane to age out to get a shot to compete with Wilson and others for the England 9 when he could slot in as the 1 for the USA right now and have the opportunity to be playing in the next World Cup on home soil.

If the USA's top athletes the running backs, Dbs, wide receivers you see playing American football played soccer instead of American football starting as a lad, they would be a different level.

@officeblokedaz

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Same could be said the other way I guess. 🤷‍♂️

@ogspermcell

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@@officeblokedazmaybe but not likely,how many people in english sports are 6’5” 230lbs running a 4.3 40 yard dash. Or are 6’6 330lbs running a 4.7 40 yard dash

@TheWriter-zr7or

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@@officeblokedaz Demographically speaking, probably not ?

@officeblokedaz

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@@ogspermcell have a look at rugby league.

@ogspermcell

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@@officeblokedaz the only person that i know of to successfully transition from rugby to football 🏈 is jordan mailata of the eagles but he’s massive.

Adams just had surgery, I think

Well, for sure USA will win a World Cup before England does again, I would bet anything on that. If we ever get a decent manager, then we’ll take it to the next level. The problem in USA is how expensive it is for youth to travel on quality clubs. In Europe you have clubs paying the parents, in USA parents spend $10-20k a year so if you’re poor how will you travel and pay for your kid to play in many games? I think much of the world doesn’t understand how youth soccer in USA works. Wish I could find a KZread video to explain it all, but just know that poor inner city kids in USA can’t afford to play soccer or hockey or baseball anymore. It’s why basketball made such strides in the 80s as other youth sports became large for profit industries.

@hengineer

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it depends. MLS Academies help and they DO hold open tryouts. There is still a bit of a pay to play in the PDL leagues but if you can get into the Academies its better at least.

@loganleroy8622

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Well you’re right in part. There is still a pay to play system for a lot of the travel teams where a parent needs to shovel out loads of money, but depending on the club they might be able to offer a reduced rate or help with costs by fundraising. Also if you get accepted to an MLS academy its free but the catch is that you need to be able to transport yourself to the MLS academy tryouts. There’s only 30 MLS across the entire US.

I believe that America has the ability to make ANY sport the best league in the world. If we wanted to we could make MLS just as big as Primer League. We have the population, Capital (money), and sporting culture to take over as as the world standard in any sport.

Love it, USA soccer is getting better and the sport is growing significantly

Very disappointed they took 5 months to find a new manager and they got Gregg again what a joke. A lot of our players are in the premier league currently which is a good thing in my opinion or in europe in general. I don't want them in the mls.

The US coach will stand in the way of the team winning the World Cup in 2026. He got his job because his brother was the head of US Soccer. He overly micromanages the team, stifling their talents.

Balo could eventually make the England squad but it could be years. He fits perfectly with our golden generation so it was an excellent choice all around.

@drewdl9513

Жыл бұрын

He’s not allowed to play for England anymore

I love watchin for the subject matter, and also to improve my English listening comprehension (i american).

Great content gentleman. I’ve just been getting into soccer again as fan. I know nothing about tactics or positioning. Can you guys explain to me why we can’t play Adams at left or right back instead of the midfield? Seems like it’s going to be difficult to crack the starting lineup as midfielder with the emergence of Gio. Thanks guys. Go 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@davidmilko6065

Жыл бұрын

Adams could slot in at RB....but he's not as technical or attacking as our starting RB (Dest) who was suspended against Canada for a Red Card. Yes, when everyone is healthy and available it is going to be difficult to get into the starting midfield spots. Depending on tactics/formation one of Adams, McKennie, Musah, Reyna, or Weah is going to be benched. IMO a 4-2-3-1 formation with Adams & Musah/McKennie as the deep double pivot and Pulisic, Reyna, & Weah across the attack is the best use of the pool. Musah/McKennie rotate starts and is the 1st off the bench to give us fresh legs.

@tornadoesdontstopspinnin6271

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@@davidmilko6065 four guys I think have to start for us to be at our best is Flo, Pulisic, Gio and Richards. I honestly believe we can get to semifinal of the World Cup if it started today. I know the competition was weak in nation’s league but I have confidence that we can upset an elite team.

5:30 that's the fun fact about his dad you want to pause the video on??

The nations league is the primary tournament for most of CONCACAF over here. Most countries because they’re so small have to bring their top players to the nations league and all other tournaments, but big countries like the USA, Mexico, Canada, and a few others take the nations league as the big trophy in the gold cup is kind of the joke tournament.

US are undisputed concacaf champs because we have won the last gold cup and the last two nations leagues

Zimmerman is a MLS guy. Dallas, LAFC, and Nashville now. I don't think he ever went overseas. Even on loan.

@IamGenoBlack

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And the Gregg Berhalter business, so he is a Jersey guy that coached the team after Jürgen Klinsmann. Where the "drama" comes in is he and his wife were close friends of the Reyna parents as they were team mates. But they didn't like how he utilized Gio and like most Americans, think he is a tactical nightmare. So they started this convert campaign to get him bounced toward the end of his contract and leaked some information about him kicking his wife (when he was 18 and he is still with her now). So that got out there, they did an investigation, and determined it was not a abuse situation and they got counseling yada yada yada, and he was rehired. Much to the ire of US fans. We shall see. If their form goes to shit we all know the reason. Compared to European, Mexican, and Latin America soccer drama, this is really Fisher Price shit, but when it got out it was pretty popcorn worthy.

man imagine if we prove aidan wrong one day..

Zimmerman plays at Nashville in mls

2:11 in to this and just want to let it be known why the stands were soooo empty. 80% of tickets were pre bought by Mexico fans for the final. Mexico didn’t make it and their fans didn’t sell em

@matthewgenyas4454

Жыл бұрын

I’ll watch the rest now

Christian Pulisic will do great if he can get regular playing time. His name is pronounced "pull-Lis-sick" (why that is, is a complicated subject!) and it drives me nuts because British commentators only get it right about half the time.

If Soccer breaks into the US top 3-4 sports they will win a World Cup within 20 years

8 teams won the world cup. You forgot Spain in 2010

+Spain to the WC winners

Balogun was wanted by england n he surprised them big time by switching. England is keeping older players on the pitch while they r gonna lose their young players if Southgate isnt careful. Kane is a great forward but his time will come n the ones around him are getting up there. Usmnt is giving their young players opportunities. Why he switched!!

Ask Aiden is he rooting for team usa in Fiba basketball world cup 2023 this year

You forgot Spain! They won the WC also.

The disrespect. There have been 8 winners. Sleeping on Spain smh. Soon to be 9 though 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

to be fair, we brits haven't beaten the yanks yet. embarrassing.

lol. I get you guys not understanding the full fallout with Reyna. The issue really wasn't between Gio and Gregg, that was handled in camp (basically a teenager not handling himself professionally, lol), and from what I understand, everything turned out ok between them. The issue stems from a cultural phenomenon in the USA called "Soccer Mom". Gio's mother, despite him being an adult with his own career, took it upon herself to attempt to blackmail Gregg Berhalter to get her son more playing time with the national Team over an incident between Gregg and his wife back when they were in college and dating. The investigation forced Gregg to step down, with literally nothing coming from it. What sucks as a USA fan, is Gio's dad, Claudio is one of the USA's best players ever, even earning a World Cup Best XI selection in the 2002 World Cup, and used to be a close friend of Gregg (and former teammate).

@TS-ct8it

Жыл бұрын

Gregg’s contract was up once they lost against Netherlands. The mother shouldn’t have gotten involved, but it wasn’t blackmail. Gregg also shouldn’t have told everyone about the Gio event at the conference after the World Cup was over. Very unprofessional to talk about locker room issues. They were both wrong.

Best US squad ever possibly but I remain tempered knowing the CONCACAF is particularly weak at the moment

Zimmerman plays for Nashville fc

Gonna be honest, taking balugun over watkins maybe wilson in the future

Negative ball knowledge saying Balogun is worse than Wilson and Watkins

How could u guys forget about Spain winning it

Charlotte FC

Darren knowledge of football is seriously remarkable; the association of Weah (father & son) spot on. Great review

@waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaluigi

Жыл бұрын

Except when he said Zimmermans volley would be in the back of the net if it was an attacking player. It would have been a worldie, regardless of who hit it. Maybe a bit spoiled being a city fan

Zimmerman actually plays for MLS side Nashville SC, but with a name like that I don’t blame you if you thought he played in Germany 😂

The USA could be way better especially with the young generation and with balogun coming in but the federation is terrible and the rehire of Gregg berhalter is what makes us seem terrible to other people.🤦‍♂️

Spain 2010

The funniest thing is if this sport was number 1 sport we USA would dominate but it not like 4 or 5 sport are most talented athletes are gobble by the other sports

watkins and wilson better 😂 ok we’ll see when he’s there age. but if he chose england u guys would say he’s the next wonder kid.

It would have to take the U.S. somehow finding a way to push the internal popularity of the sport to the same level or above that of Basketball and American Football....only then could we possibly come close to winning the World Cup.

@Vergilius314

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Disagree--its more about getting our player development right. We have enough athletes heading into the development funnel to get there.

@MACK0142

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@@Vergilius314 I disagree. Most other nations' children grow up wanting to be a footballer. That means that most of their best athletes grow up wanting to play ⚽️. Plus the best way to ensure our player development improves to where it should be and also that we have better coaching and managing is by improving the popularity

@Vergilius314

Жыл бұрын

You're right that better coaching would eventually result from the sport being more popular, with youth coaches being more likely to know the sport. But that is an indirect effect and only part of the problem. We didn't see the current golden generation break through until MLS got a real academy system in place, and even now only a few of those academies (Dallas, Philly, etc) are consistently producing great players, and much of the country isn't covered by the academy system at all.

Claudiaren Reyna married a female Karen. They had a little karen and raised him well, with an overwhelming level of entitlement and pussitude. When little Karen didn't play in the World Cup, momma and poppa Karen threw a proper tantrum, including digging up some dirt from a few decades ago. Hence, the firing under domestic abuse concerns. They're a pathetic, but perfect, example of US soccer parents. Their ilk is why I quit coaching club ball. Kids missing practice for a damn haircut and then complaing to the club director when they don't play much the next game lol. I'm well happy the English wrote off Balogun. We're going to get some great work out of him for the next 2 world cups. Love the youthful talent we've got coming up!

Don’t sleep 😙😜 the thing people don’t realize is we are so young. And competing with teams like England. The English are incredibly cocky for having little to nothing to show for it. That’s exactly why we will over take them in power rankings and performance at the World Cup. Barring a Gregg Berhalter letdown