Strange job, this, to have doubts about your ability raised only four days after steering your nation to a 7-0 win. But that was a cruise past Cuba, and this was the US’s first loss to Canada in 34 years. And not a “hard luck, miss five easy chances and give up a 93rd-minute own-goal” sort of loss. This was an “outplayed and outfought by a side whose near-term ambition is to be better than El Salvador” kind of night.
to borrow a recently uncovered american phrase, 'all hat and no cattle' fits the usmnt community's optimism. Until they can field a starting eleven of elite players, they'll always be dreaming big.