After the end of the World Cup round of 16, President Joe Biden also tried to get the deeply disappointed US selection back on track. «Boys, you have made us proud. We get up and move on,” tweeted the US President. “Here’s to a bright future and 2026 here at home.”
The football World Cup in four years in the USA, Canada and Mexico was not really encouraging shortly after the knockout of the team around Tyler Adams through the 1: 3 against the Netherlands. “A World Cup is only every four years, which makes it so unique and so painful because you have to wait four years,” said defender Walker Zimmerman. But hosting the tournament will certainly be exciting, and you want to inspire the next generation.
The current team, from which many professionals around Christian Pulisic (24) should be at the peak of their careers in four years, is already inspiring. “We made a lot of American fans proud with the way we played,” Zimmerman said. Coach Gregg Berhalter’s team got through the group stage without being defeated with top ratings at home, parted 0-0 with the highly regarded English – and they didn’t stand a chance against the Dutch either. If the chances had been better exploited, a surprise against the mellow Dutch would have been possible.