Iceland, Uruguay, Croatia, Spain, Germany, Panama - what do these places have in common? Well pundits covering the World Cup would have us think that their performances in the tournament tell us something about the condition of soccer in the United States.
Behold some takes:
Here’s Yahoo writer Leander Schaerlaeckens faulting Jurgen Klinsmann for the US failing to qualify while also blaming him for Germany’s early exit despite having not coached the team for 12 years and him being nowhere near the USMNT when they lost in Trinidad & Tobago.