"United States Men's soccer isn't very 'UNITED'..."

Well, the USMNT(United States Men's National Team) will NOT be competing in the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

I, like many Americans that are fans of soccer, am extremely disappointed in the performance, or lack thereof, by the men's team in the World Cup 2018 Qualifiers.

From top to bottom, the USMNT needs to be overhauled if it expects to be successful in the future.

In 2014, at the World Cup in Brazil, the USMNT made it out of the Group rounds among the likes of Germany, Portugal, and Ghana, into the Round of 16 and was one blown goal attempt away against Belgium from facing Lionel Messi and Argentina in the 2nd round. Which was much more than anybody expected, anywhere on the planet, literally. I was very proud of the guys and was excited for the future of the USMNT.

After the poor performance in the 2018 Qualifiers many United States soccer fans are enraged, understandingly so, that we will not be in the World Cup next year, myself included.

Since the birth of MLS(Major League Soccer) in 1995-96 American soccer has flourished and grown rather greatly in fan base and talent. The United States now has some very talented young players as well as veteran players that keeps USMNT fans optimistic about the future, but in the World Cup Qualifiers their performance was lackluster in many ways.

Sadly, the veteran and young talent will not be on display for the world to see in 2018 and they will not be able to show how far men's soccer has come for the United States.

There's not really much to say about it that's positive.

I hope that the people in charge of the inner workings of the USMNT will take the necessary steps to bring USA men's soccer to the level of global competition that people feel it should be. I really miss the days when guys like Alexi Lalas, Marcelo Balboa, Eddie Johnson, and Eric Wynalda played, as I'm sure many U.S. soccer fans do as well.

I will always support the USMNT, but they need to do some serious work to prevent this type of embarrassment from happening again.

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