USMNTs crushing Copa America failure will only lead to more Gregg Berhalter doubts

Mark Monday down as a sad day for American soccer.Regrets?The U.S.Men’s National Soccer Team has many after flaming out of 2024 Copa America on Monday night with a 1-0 loss to Uruguay at Arrowhead Stadium.Excuses?The U.S.

shouldn’t have any after failing to advance out of a Group C lot in which it felt like a formality that the Americans would be playing in a quarterfinal this weekend because they were the second-best team among Uruguay, Panama and Bolivia.Regrets?If the U.S.side scored as many goals as it has regrets in this important tournament that was supposed to be a proving ground for how far this generation of players has come with the World Cup just two years away on American soil, it might actually be closer to the world power in the sport it’s fervently (and futilely) strived to be for decades.In the end for the U.S.

in this Copa America, this was its scoreline: One win, two losses and just three goals scored.The U.S., which managed a mere three shots on frame against Uruguay, failed to finish in all three of its matches in this tournament, and because of that, it’s finished.Because of that, questions about the status of U.S.coach Gregg Berhalter’s job will grow louder and angrier, because this tournament, in many ways, represented a referendum on the job he’s doing.Because, U.S.

soccer certainly does not look like it’s advancing on the world stage.This was a crushing failure on the part of the Americans to reach the elimination stage of the prestigious tournament in a group that featured two teams — Panama and Bolivia — they were superior to in terms of talent and experience.The Americans entered their final Group C match against a strong Uruguay side needing — at the very least — a victory.It was a sloppy, unmade bed the Americans left themselves, so in the end, they got exactly what they deserved.In order to advance out of the group stage, the U.S.needed a positive result and some help from Bolivia, the weakest team in the grou...