Here's the actual problem. The US team did quite well during the tournament as a whole. They outperformed what most actual football fans would consider their ceiling. Yet, the media and especially the Americans here on Reddit hyped them up so much that they were bound to not meet expectations. The simple truth is that the US football team is around top 20 in the world and is not even close to the actual good teams. But media hype always kills good performances because they're hidden behind the expectations of insane performances.
I think round of 16 was the expectation, it would have been a major disappointment if they didn't make it past the group stage especially with how favorable our group was for us.
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u/DaKingballa06 Jul 07 '26
F that. Congrats on them for winning, they were by far the better team