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Opinion: U.S. Soccer at a Crossroads

After failing to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the U.S. Men's National Team needs to shake things up

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What’s the excuse this time?

In the beginning of the United States Men’s National Team’s World Cup Qualifying Campaign, after two defeats at home to archrival Mexico and and a 4-0 thrashing on the road at Costa Rica, it was former manager Jurgen Klinnsman’s fault.

After a loss in September to Costa Rica at home in Harrison, N.J, the excuse was that the crowd wasn’t raucous enough, that having a game played in an immigrant-heavy section of the country somehow made the United States Men’s National Team to come out flat.