The U.S. men’s national team has one of the great chants in sports (poached from the United States Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Prep before it).
It begins with a single fan screaming “I” and then “I believe” and so on until the entire six-word phrase is repeatedly shouted to a bobbing, dancing, increasingly frantic group of supporters.
“I believe that we will win.”
It’s great, except for the fact the USMNT almost never actually wins, at least not when it matters.
Friday was the latest example, a 0-0 tie with England in the Americans' second World Cup game.