elprincipe said:
We've progressed quite a bit, actually, although the national side is not on the level of the top teams in the world of course. - every World Cup finals from 1990 onward - 1995 Copa America: USA 3-0 Argentina - 1998 Gold Cup: USA 1-0 Brazil - 2002 World Cup quarterfinal (only lost because of missed handball call on Germany) - 2006 World Cup: USA 1-1 Italy (eventual champions) - reached first major final just last year (Confederations Cup), defeating arguably the best team in the world (Spain) 2-0 and taking a 2-0 lead over Brazil in the final - take it from someone who's watched MLS since its inception in 1996: it's a much, much, much better league now than 14 years ago. - more and more top American players able to play effectively in Europe (Howard, Dempsey, Donovan, Altidore, etc), although there hasn't yet been a breakthrough at one of the really big clubs. |
A bit of cherry picking, but okay.
Is the USA national team better than the Swedish in your opinion?
