USA’s World Cup report card: best and worst players, plus predictions for 2026

Did the US reach their potential in Qatar? Should Gregg Berhalter stay on as coach? And who will lift the trophy? Our writers have their say

Probably. Inexperience told in the end, as it usually does, and proved their undoing. By exceeding the expectations of a general public that leaned pessimistic after the Americans' failure to qualify in 2018, yet falling short of what the team expected from themselves, I'd say they hit it right on the nose. BAG