Five straight wins in a week has American soccer finally buzzing, after a poor summer.
The summer of soccer looked all set to become the summer of sadness. American soccer was suffering a veritable case of the blues just a few weeks ago, and it was easy to see why. The less said about the United States men's national team's performance in the Copa América the better, Gregg Berhalter's firing being the most damning verdict on a campaign where losses to Panama and Uruguay booted the Americans from their own party at the group stage.
McBride is now the 52-year-old general manager of the USMNT. The importance of the Olympic men's soccer tournament depends on who you are talking to. For the women, it is unquestionably the second 'major,' alongside the World Cup, and has been ever since it was introduced to the Games in 1996. Given the age limit for the men's event, designed so as not to detract from the men's World Cup's importance, it is not quite as simple.
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