Everything Everywhere Daily · Monday, July 13, 2026
Achieving World Cup success for the US men's national soccer team is a long-term endeavor requiring a complete overhaul of the sport's structure and cultural perception in the country. In the next decade or two, a more realistic measure of success would be advancing to the quarterfinals, rather than winning the tournament outright.
“The US men's national team has gotten better. There's no doubt about that. But there is still a long way to go. If the United States is ever to find itself among the elite countries in the sport.”
“It would probably require a complete overhaul of how US soccer is played, as well as a major cultural shift towards the game.”
“In the next decade or two, success will more realistically be measured by whether the team advances to the quarterfinals than by actually winning the tournament outright.”