It was bad.
There is no other way to describe what happened to the United States men's national team on Tuesday night, no other way to spin how the Americans lost in staggering fashion to Trinidad and Tobago and then saw a combination of other results knock them out of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup. When the tournament kicks off in Russia next June, it will be the first time U.S. has been absent since 1986.
Not surprisingly, the entire soccer community -- from players to coaches, executives to fans, corporate sponsors to media partners -- has been sent reeling.