No one has said the USMNT will win the 2026 FIFA World Cup next year! Maybe someone has. Don't know who it would be. It's possible. Yet unlikely. Here's the thing: It's now cool to support the USMNT because of that fact! It's an underdog situation we have here!
I didn't create it. It is what it is.
I'm a firm believer that with the right combination of players, with the right coach, the USMNT can win a FIFA World Cup.
Fans in the past have somewhat misguidedly cheered for a championship, as if to say: if the team tries hard enough it could happen. Well, that dream's gone. We need more than effort. We need the right coach, me. Hold a second. It's possible. Let's move on. Did you see the 2025 Gold Cup final against Mexico? Pretty much all Mexico. And Mexico isn't exactly a World Cup favorite, either; it's a strong team but not a favorite. (Who would the favorites be? The usual: Argentina, Brazil, Germany, France, Spain, for example. Essentially, after that group, you have strong teams like Mexico, Denmark, Portugal, the United States, and so on.) Not to mention, the USMNT hasn't been to the quarterfinals in a World Cup since, you might wanna take a seat, 2002.
Hold on, there's an upside.
Currently, fan support in America is huge and they have now accepted, in a way, that the USMNT is an underdog. Essentially, what we're dealing with here is a Chicago Cubs situation. It's a quality team we have. Yet it's a team that is yearning for a championship that always seems to be out of reach. All the same, the Chicago Cubs have a strong following. So does the USMNT.
There's a correlation here. Stay with me.
So don't hate someone if they say the USMNT has a low chance of winning the 2026 FIFA World Cup. It's an underdog team. Fans have accepted that, embraced that, and passionately move forward. That's the interesting place the USMNT is in which should make World Cup games very exciting. Underdogs, that's what it is. It's cool to be underdogs.
I didn't create it. It is what it is.
I'm a firm believer that with the right combination of players, with the right coach, the USMNT can win a FIFA World Cup.
Fans in the past have somewhat misguidedly cheered for a championship, as if to say: if the team tries hard enough it could happen. Well, that dream's gone. We need more than effort. We need the right coach, me. Hold a second. It's possible. Let's move on. Did you see the 2025 Gold Cup final against Mexico? Pretty much all Mexico. And Mexico isn't exactly a World Cup favorite, either; it's a strong team but not a favorite. (Who would the favorites be? The usual: Argentina, Brazil, Germany, France, Spain, for example. Essentially, after that group, you have strong teams like Mexico, Denmark, Portugal, the United States, and so on.) Not to mention, the USMNT hasn't been to the quarterfinals in a World Cup since, you might wanna take a seat, 2002.
Hold on, there's an upside.
Currently, fan support in America is huge and they have now accepted, in a way, that the USMNT is an underdog. Essentially, what we're dealing with here is a Chicago Cubs situation. It's a quality team we have. Yet it's a team that is yearning for a championship that always seems to be out of reach. All the same, the Chicago Cubs have a strong following. So does the USMNT.
There's a correlation here. Stay with me.
So don't hate someone if they say the USMNT has a low chance of winning the 2026 FIFA World Cup. It's an underdog team. Fans have accepted that, embraced that, and passionately move forward. That's the interesting place the USMNT is in which should make World Cup games very exciting. Underdogs, that's what it is. It's cool to be underdogs.
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