The Americans’ potential lasted exactly 61 seconds in the World Cup round of 16 against Belgium. How do they get it to last 90 minutes?
The U.S. men’s national team was thrashed 4–1 by the European powerhouse in Seattle this summer, bowing out at the same stage that had gotten the better of it five times previously at soccer’s grandest affair, including the last three editions of the tournament in which it competed (2010, 2014, 2022).