Perhaps the U.S. is a proper soccer nation now, or at least, that it is the silver lining Matt Freese has chosen to find.
The starting goalkeeper for the U.S. men’s national team had put in a solid 2026 World Cup campaign leading up to the round of 16, but everything changed in the clash with Belgium. To be fair, no U.S. player was at his best in the 4–1 thrashing; however, Freese’s error proved to be the most obvious and most costly of the night.
